Film director Roman Polanski had invited him to a snazzy cafe to talk more about adapting his Tony Award-nominated play "Venus in Fur" into a movie when the pair spotted the chic "God of Carnage" playwright Yasmina Reza sitting with a distinguished-looking gentleman.

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We'll drop millions of dollars collectively on movies and video games to see the carnage, but God forbid we are forced to see it in real life.

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