I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic, and a progressive religious experience.

Shelley Winters
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This quote comes from a 2003 interview with Madonna. She was asked about her reasons for posing naked in the men's magazines, where she was interviewed dressed in nothing but an American flag. "I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American," she said, "but if I were 22 with a great body, it would be artistic, tasteful, patriotic, and a progressive religious experience."

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