Article: Julianne Phillips does a split, takes custody of her film career

LOS ANGELES A dancer never forgets her first steps. You can tell Julianne Phillips is a dancer by her nimble air and noble legs. Don't go by the inculpable look on her face. Her feet never fail her.

Phillips was sitting at a table in the Westwood Marquis Hotel, preparing to talk about the new Blake Edwards comedy, "Skin Deep" (now playing at Chicago area theaters). She plays a vulnerable but vindictive girlfriend of a compulsive womanizer.

Under the table, Phillips pumped the front of her white-socked right foot in and out of her black loafer with the rhythm of an oil derrick. Heels up, toes down, heels up, toes down . . . "I used to be a ballerina," she said. "I'm always on point. It's ...

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