“I can’t pretend to have worked my way up through adversity. I need the money not for food like other people, but to prove that I’m worth something. Jaws freed me to discover that a successful movie didn’t make a damn bit of difference to my life.”

Lorraine Gary Got a Big Bite of Jaws 2—but Not, She Insists, Because She's the Boss's Wife http://people.com/archive/lorraine-gary-got-a-big-bite-of-jaws-2-but-not-she-insists-because-shes-the-bosss-wife-vol-10-no-6/ (August 7, 1978)

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