"Actors didn't use to be celebrities. A hundred years ago, they put the theaters next to the brothels."

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"Actors didn't use to be celebrities. A hundred years ago, they put the theaters next to the brothels."

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"To me, a sex scene in a movie generally means a gratuitous scene that doesn't serve the story but gives a kind of excuse - we've got these two actors, we want to see them naked, so let's bring in the music and the soft light."

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"If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone."

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"Actors didn't use to be celebrities. A hundred years ago, they put the theaters next to the brothels."

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