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I was famous from birth.

I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents.

I was born into the most remarkable and eccentric family I could possibly have hoped for.

But always I regarded myself as one who was born in Jerusalem.

I was born in fame. I was always recognised and known. Personally, I feel normal about it.

I was born a character actor.

I came from an intellectual family. Most were doctors, preachers, teachers, businessmen. My grandfather was a small businessman. His father was an abolitionist doctor, and his father was an immigrant from Germany.

My generation of Americans, the scions of daring dreamers, the children of the fearlessly faithful and the offspring of many of history's most audacious actors - we, together, drink deeply from wells of freedom, liberty and opportunity that we did not dig.

By ancestry, I was born to rule.

I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I didn't know why I would struggle to be that kind of person.