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Yael Bar-Tur

Yael Bar-Tur

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Nothing to see here, move along. Yael says more things at twitter.com/yaelbt.

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DID YOU KNOW? Marlon Brando hated memorizing lines so much that he posted cue cards everywhere to help him get through scenes. He even asked for lines to be written on an actress's posterior. (That request was denied.)