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I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody can serve in public office without being an actor.

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Warren Beatty
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 30
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I have a day job. I can make movies when I want to.
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Arnold has had his spokesman call me a crackpot. That was a mistake.
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