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I'm cleaning toilets for $30 a day, because I needed that $30, and people are pointing at me, saying, Look at the big movie star. Look where he is now. I just said, I'm where God put me.

Willie Aames

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Willie Aames
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: July 15
Actor
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Television Actor
Television Producer
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Albert William Upton
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