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I was just interested in directing. So I just kept having a go at trying to write little scripts and get things together, and my wife just had a slip of the tongue and said, Franz Kafka's It's A Wonderful Life when she meant to say Frank Capra's. There it is right there. That's a gag that we could make into something.

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Peter Capaldi
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: April 14
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