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For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.
Michelle Pfeiffer
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Michelle Pfeiffer
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: April 29
Actress
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Santa Ana
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Michelle Marie Pfeiffer
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