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When you come to actually act, it's a game. It may be a very serious game, but it's still a game. If you lose that sense of play, the work suffers.

Michael Sheen

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