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Being nice in France is asking to be taken for a ride, considered not quite the full 50 centimes

Some years ago I was pitching an interview with a very well-known actor to a newspaper with a somewhat, shall we say, acerbic take on life.

Mid-flow I was repeatedly interrupted with: "But what's the hook? What deep, dark secret is he telling us and only us?"

Although knowing I was on a hiding to nothing, I explained that he had serious insights into the business, with which, I was convinced, readers would be fascinated.

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