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I'm very hungry, actually. Um, so then I ran away when I was 14.

From running away to the first job · Mighty Aphrodite (1995)

I'm very hungry, actually. Um, so then I ran away when I was 14.

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Mm-hmm.

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1I'm very hungry, actually. Um, so then I ran away when I was 14.
2Mm-hmm.
3And it was terrible because we fought all the time, Lenny.
4Finally, he committed suicide.
5And for years I thought it was because of my cooking.
6He always hated my clam sauce.
7And so then I kicked around from Chicago, Philadelphia, you know.
8 All over the place . And I ended up here.
9You never thought of just getting a regular job?
10Oh, yeah. Sure, I did. No, I did things.
11I waited on tables. I worked in a massage parlor. I did phone sex.
12 Now and then I would, you know, turn a few tricks in order to make some dough .
13And one day my friend Susie calls me and she asks me if I want to be in a film.
14Something called Snatch Happy. And I said, "Sure."
15And I remember I was very nervous...
16 because I'd never done it in front of people with a camera before , you know.
17And so there I am on the first day, on the set.
18And there's this guy fucking me from behind, right?
19And there's these two huge guys dressed like cops in my mouth at the same time.
20And I remember thinking to myself, "I like acting. I wanna study."

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