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When I was a student I was very, very ambitious, completely immersed in my comedy career. I never had that period of reckless hedonism that you should get out of your system in your youth.

Steve Coogan

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Steve Coogan
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 14
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Middleton
Greater Manchester
Stephen John Coogan
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