Karyn Kusama Quotes

What I do think is really interesting is that, as I get older and more mature, I'm really attuned to how frightening this world is that we live in.

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• What I do think is really interesting is that, as I get older and more mature, I'm really attuned to how frightening this world is that we live in.

  

  Karyn Kusama
  • World
  • Live
  • Interesting