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I had to get over my fear of running through the world naked and learn to say 'take me or leave me.'

Steven Spielberg

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Steven Spielberg
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: December 18
Actor
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Director
Executive Producer
Film Actor
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Science Fiction Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Steven Allan Spielberg
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