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I hate acting when I see it. I don't want to feel it, I don't want to see it, I want to be taken away with the story - I don't want the actor's ego in front of me. That's what I try to live when I do the work.

Rutger Hauer

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Rutger Hauer
Age: 75 †
Born: 1944
Born: January 23
Died: 2019
Died: July 19
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