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''In seventh grade, that was my worst stage. I weighed about thirteen pounds, I had braces, and my head was disproportionately large on my body. It was 1984 and I had decided to shave the back of my head. But we all have days [when] we do not look our best or we don't feel comfortable in our own skin. But you have no idea until you get into a 350-pound fat suit what it's like.'' -- GWYNETH PALTROW, who has a large cameo in the Farrelly Brothers' upcoming Shallow Hal, on going through her own awkward phase, on Entertainment Tonight Online


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Posted Sep 07, 2001 | Published in issue #612-613 Sep 07, 2001 | Order Article Reprints