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I've never been good at accepting jobs six months down the line. I can't do it. If I'm thinking about this, I can't think about that. So I always seem to fly by the seat of my pants.

Robert Carlyle

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Robert Carlyle
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: April 14
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