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And what's more I've got no need for anyone to tell me how to do it. I am not interested. You act how you want to and leave me alone to do my own thing.

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Olivier Martinez
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 12
Actor
Film Actor
Paris
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I was born and raised in a suburb of Paris by a working-class family.
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