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My Real Difficulty Was To Become A Normal Person Again, After Having Been A Movie Actress For So Long. For Me, At The Time I Was Living In New York And Hollywood, A Normal Person Was Someone Who Made Movies.

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My Real Difficulty Was

Grace Kelly

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My Real Difficulty Was To Become A Normal Person Again, After Having Been A Movie Actress For So Long. For Me, At The Time I Was Living In New York And Hollywood, A Normal Person Was Someone Who Made Movies.

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