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“The Joan Crawford that I've heard about in 'Mommie Dearest' is not the Joan Crawford I knew back when.”

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I never tried to emulate my father. Anyone trying to do that would be a second-rate carbon copy.

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I never kissed my father until he was on his death bed.

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