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It wasn't as though I really made a commitment to it there wasn't anything else around. So I wasn't driven to become an actor.. it just seemed to be the thing that I managed to do best.

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Paul Newman
Age: 83 †
Born: 1925
Born: January 26
Died: 2008
Died: September 26
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