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Getting older is a struggle. I always feel that just under the surface of acceptance and enjoyment of the ageing process is a terrible hysteria just waiting to burst out.

Michael Sheen

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Michael Sheen
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: February 5
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Newport
South Wales
Michael Christopher Sheen
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