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" I lived a very don't-ask, don't-tell life. "
Tab Hunter
Lived
Very
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" I feel closest to God with a pitchfork full of crap in my hands. I'm serious! "
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" I'm very proud of 'That Kind of Woman' with Sophia Loren, directed by Sidney Lumet, and I loved doing 'Gunman's Walk' because I finally got to play a bad guy. "
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" People place such importance on the external. It's disgusting. "
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" All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad. "
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Just
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Denial
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He
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Public
Care
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Up
Mother
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Stuff
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You