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*Turns out there's a reason why Will Smith is rarely involved in a sex scene on the big screen. "My grandmother was really firm about how men are supposed to treat women," the actor told reporters Friday while promoting his new film "Seven Pounds." "So for me, my worst nightmare is for an actress to ... feel like I'm taking this opportunity to get a little quickie feel – you know, some legal cheating going on!" "I just need, specifically women, to feel comfortable around me," he added. "I just don't want to feel like I'm that dude." Smith's discomfort with love scenes, which he also discussed during a recent appearance on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," was about to ruin an intimate take with "Seven Pounds" co-star Rosario Dawson, that is until Jada gave him the green light to just go for it. "Jada said, 'Listen, I know you're uncomfortable, but you better not embarrass me,'" he said with a laugh. "She said, 'When you do that love scene, you better show 'em what you're working with!'" Smith said it's also been a struggle getting used to the public attention paid to his 11-year marriage. "I was with [rapper] Redman the other day [and] he said, 'Man, listen. I've got this relationship that I'm trying to make work, but I'm telling you, if you and Jada don't work, I'm done,'" Smith said. "That so terrifies me that there are people's lives that I can affect like that just with little stuff, not even having to do anything big," he continued. "So I don't want to break that ... I might mess something up, and that sorta keeps me in a place where I'm really focused and paying attention, and I just don't want to step wrongly."
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