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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
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"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."
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"I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved."
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"Great acting may be a turn-on, but it won't make me fantasize about the person for a week."
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"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."
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"I like soap opera acting. If it's done really well, there's nothing better. It's old school. It's like what those melodramas in the '30s and '40s were like."
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"I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain."
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"My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it."
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"Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell."
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"Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months."
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"A couple of years ago I ran in the LA Marathon."
Marathon
"I need to run every day. If I don't I feel cheated."
Day
"Knots was about the relationships that were built over many years."
Relationship
"I'm Presbyterian and I don't go to church very much."
Church
"Running is my church."
Church
"So I had all the names, three names, and that's good to have on a soap."
Name
"They wanted to make her less rural, less of a cartoon. Not that Southern woman are cartoonish - they're the strongest women in this country, but with Val they wanted to take the stereotypical things out."
Woman
"Running is a great way to relieve stress and clear the mind."
Mind
"You've got to realize that any lady on a soap is devoting her life to it, 24/7."
Life
"When I'm not involved in an acting job I try to run 10 miles a day."
Acting
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