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Now I like to think that I'm in my character's head so much that I don't have to substitute. I'm in the moment I'm living in the moment. And if it's genuine, it's real, and if it comes out it comes out.

Michael B. Jordan

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Michael B. Jordan
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: February 23
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Television Actor
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Santa Ana
California
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