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As a director or writer, you have to be so controlling.

Mike White

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Mike White
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 28
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Television Producer
Writer
Pasadena
California
Michael Christopher White
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Controlling
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