You've probably heard the story connected to the above quote. As legend has it, Laurence Olivier said it to Dustin Hoffman after the actor had kept himself awake for 24 hours to look appropriately haggard for a scene in Marathon Man.
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Actually, that's understating the case: Writer-director Catherine Breillat's film shatters the myth of French lovers, celebrated as the most virile and attentive men in the world.
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