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I Don't Know Many Women Who Can Relate To Sharon Stone And The Kind Of Movies She Does. I Don't Know A Lot Of Guys Who Can Relate To Tom Cruise's Movies Because They're On A Kind Of Fantastic Level.

-Kim Cattrall

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I Don't Know Many

Kim Cattrall

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I Don't Know Many Women Who Can Relate To Sharon Stone And The Kind Of Movies She Does. I Don't Know A Lot Of Guys Who Can Relate To Tom Cruise's Movies Because They're On A Kind Of Fantastic Level.

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