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I understand why people want to look up their friends - usually they want to see what people they've wanted to have sex with look like.
John Waters
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Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: April 22
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I've signed dicks, asses, parole cards, a colostomy bag while it was still pumping. A couple of years ago, I signed a bloody Tampax. That's one you don't forget. I'm not asking for someone to top that!
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I've signed peoples' parole cards at book signings and it's very touching.
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Well cult is a word you would never say in Hollywood. In any film business, if you're trying to get your next film made, you would never say, Oh, my last film was a cult film. I'd say, Oh great, well I hope this one isn't!
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Technique is nothing more than failed style.
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