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I'm a grinder. I'll beat you because I will not sleep.

Steven Soderbergh

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Steven Soderbergh
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: January 14
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Atlanta
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Steven Andrew Soderbergh
Peter Andrews
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I grew up mostly in the South, and there's definitely something about the South that's different from the North. When people ask me where I'm from, I say Louisiana. I spent more years there than anywhere else.
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