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Marcello Mastroianni

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To be a Latin Lover a man, above all, has to be a great f**ker — he has to be infallible and I'm not that. I often foul it up.
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In 1977, to Dick Cavett while accompanied by Sophia Loren; quoted by French Film Stars Database, which sources it to his obituary in The Guardian

 
Marcello Mastroianni

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