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Kevin Spacey: belief

5 Jun 2024 Lex Fridman Podcast #432 – Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

“I think if I were to go back that far, I probably would’ve found a way to not have been as concerned about revealing my sexuality and hiding that for as long as I did.”

— Kevin Spacey

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Kevin Spacey
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
5 Jun 2024
Publisher
Lex Fridman Podcast

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…If you got a chance to talk to the Kevin Spacey of 30 to 40 years ago, what would you tell him to change about his ways and how would you do it? What would be your approach? Would you be nice about it? Would you smack him around? I think if I were to go back that far, I probably would’ve found a way to not have been as concerned about revealing my sexuality and hiding that for as long as I did. I think that had a lot to do with confusion and a lot to do with mistrust, both my own and other people’s. For most of your life, you were not open with the public about being gay. What was the hardest thing about keeping who you love a secret?…

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