No gossip girl

HOLLY HUNTER [“Holly Hunter, In Focus” by Lynn Smith, July 13] is playing with fire when she tells The Times, “The world is chock-full of actors and actresses who want to talk about their personal lives. I don’t.” Imagine if every star and celebrity-for-15-minutes followed Hunter’s lead, refusing to publicly discuss their drug addictions, divorces, infidelities and Kabbalah. What would Americans read, gossip and fantasize about to fill the vacuums in their brains? The entire nation would plunge into depression, anxiety attacks and nervous breakdowns.

Al Ramrus

Pacific Palisades