Sounds of the City

“You’re like a star fruit: refreshing and unique, with a great bottom.”

A man to a woman in Malibu

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“I’m a sponge.”

A middle-aged actor at a voice-over audition in Burbank

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“I’m not a Sagittarius, I’m an Episcopalian.”

A 10-year-old at a birthday party in Westwood

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“Every building in L.A. looks like the back of the building.”

A tourist in Hollywood

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“I read for a peanut once.”

An actress to her friends in Silver Lake

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“There ain’t nothing Beverly Hills about it.”

A Texan on his new Beverly Hills-adjacent neighborhood

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“Always let the guy in the beat-up car go first.”

A man waiting to pull into a spot in a West L.A. parking lot