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" The first word that always came into my head with Henry VI was 'empathy.' He doesn't have a barrier between what other people feel and what he feels. "

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" I don't think I could do a superhero movie. I'm just not really that type of guy. "

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" I always think that period between the ages of 18 and 24 is such a bizarre stage, and the two people at either end are always very different. "

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