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I don't want to peak too early. The worry is that you never know until it's all over whether you peaked at all - and then you're finished and it's too late.

Tom Courtenay

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Tom Courtenay
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: February 25
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Hull
England
Sir Thomas Daniel Courtenay
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