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Love & Passion Quote by Laura Prepon

"I never think of myself as any kind of sex symbol, but I get letters from all over, all sorts. It's really cool. I get a lot from inmates, which is kind of scary. But the best was the guy who wanted to send me a plane ticket to fly me to his prom"

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Laura Prepon’s charm here is that she treats celebrity like a weird weather system: it happens around her, not because of her. The opening move, “I never think of myself as any kind of sex symbol,” isn’t coy innocence so much as self-protection. It’s a way of reclaiming authorship in a culture that loves to turn actresses into surfaces first and people second. She’s not denying attention; she’s denying the framework that reduces her to it.

Then she pivots to the mailbag, and the line becomes a quick tour of fame’s uneven intimacy. “Letters from all over, all sorts” lands like an amused shrug, but it’s also a reminder that audiences don’t just watch; they reach. Fan culture collapses distance, and letters are the analog version of today’s DMs: unfiltered desire, admiration, projection. The inmates detail snaps the tone from “really cool” to “kind of scary,” acknowledging the soft menace that rides alongside validation. It’s not moral panic; it’s the uneasy truth that being wanted can feel like being targeted.

The prom invitation is the perfect punchline because it’s simultaneously sweet, delusional, and deeply American: a teen imagining stardom as something you can simply purchase a ticket for, like celebrity is a date you can schedule. Prepon plays it straight, letting the absurdity indict the fantasy. The subtext is clear: fame invites affection, entitlement, and loneliness all at once, and women are expected to laugh gracefully while carrying the risk.

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Prepon, Laura. (2026, January 15). I never think of myself as any kind of sex symbol, but I get letters from all over, all sorts. It's really cool. I get a lot from inmates, which is kind of scary. But the best was the guy who wanted to send me a plane ticket to fly me to his prom. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-never-think-of-myself-as-any-kind-of-sex-symbol-146734/

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Prepon, Laura. "I never think of myself as any kind of sex symbol, but I get letters from all over, all sorts. It's really cool. I get a lot from inmates, which is kind of scary. But the best was the guy who wanted to send me a plane ticket to fly me to his prom." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-never-think-of-myself-as-any-kind-of-sex-symbol-146734/.

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"I never think of myself as any kind of sex symbol, but I get letters from all over, all sorts. It's really cool. I get a lot from inmates, which is kind of scary. But the best was the guy who wanted to send me a plane ticket to fly me to his prom." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-never-think-of-myself-as-any-kind-of-sex-symbol-146734/. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.

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Laura Prepon (born March 7, 1980) is a Actress from USA.

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