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That's what I love about music...all these banalities suddenly turn into these beautiful, effervescent pearls.

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Mark Ruffalo
Age: 56
Born: 1967
Born: November 22
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
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Stage Actor
Television Actor
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Kenosha
Wisconsin
Mark Alan Ruffalo
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