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I don't want you to think that I'm up late reading a stack of Spider-Man comics and eating a tray of lemon cookies while sucking my thumb. I'm not doing that. But I am loyal to the influences of my childhood.

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Nicolas Cage
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 7
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