[Regarding Flashdance-related fame] It was very clear to me that it's not real. It's not real...I was never the little girl who thought I wanted to be famous. My first real quest that I can recall...other than wanting to be a jockey...was trying to figure out who or what God was. That really drove me for quite some time...I had a notion that there was this mystery that I didn't really know anything about, and I wanted to try to figure it out.... so fame was not my driving force. (Jennifer Beals)

[Regarding Flashdance-related fame] It was very clear to me that it's not real. It's not real...I was never the little girl who thought I wanted to be famous. My first real quest that I can recall...other than wanting to be a jockey...was trying to figure out who or what God was. That really drove me for quite some time...I had a notion that there was this mystery that I didn't really know anything about, and I wanted to try to figure it out.... so fame was not my driving force.

Jennifer Beals

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