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You have to love what you do, and you have to need it like you need air. And there's nothing else that would give me the same degree of satisfaction as acting, which is why I can't walk away from it.

Wentworth Miller

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Wentworth Miller
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: June 2
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Wentworth Earl Miller III
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