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I love producing shows. And so when you're on a show where other people are making decisions you don't necessarily agree with it, after a while you start to feel like a passenger.

Simon Cowell

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Simon Cowell
Age: 64
Born: 1959
Born: October 7
Actor
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Lambeth
Simon Phillip Cowell
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