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"I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved."

Aidan Quinn, Irish Actor

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"I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved."

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"I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved."

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