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I'd got over playing a character. People accepted who I was, and if I was incompetent and useless, they felt quite endeared to me.

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Michael Palin
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: January 1
Actor
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Michael Edward Palin
Sir Michael Edward Palin
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