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You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.

Walton Goggins

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Walton Goggins
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Actor
Explorer
Film Actor
Film Producer
Photographer
Television Actor
Birmingham
Alabama
Walton Sanders Goggins
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Southern
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