Kevin Bacon Quotes

For my wife and I, for so many years, a lot of our identity was based on being Hollywood haters. We were like, 'We're east-coast. We're New Yorkers. This is just a place that we have to come to, but not by choice.'

Kevin Bacon

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  Kevin Bacon
  • Wife
  • Identity
  • Haters