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I personally was driven to be an actor for the love of telling a story. It was very closely linked to being a reader as a kid and being transported by literature and art. It had nothing - zero - to do with anything resembling fame.

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Lauren Graham
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: March 16
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Lauren Helen Graham
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