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Acting keeps me alert to people, and life. I don't know, there's something about going to work early in the morning, and having to stay alert and concentrated. Maybe that keeps your mind alive.

Steve Martin

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Steve Martin
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: August 14
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Waco
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