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"I have enjoyed acting very much, because I know it's not for real!"
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"Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better."
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"We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th of a second ago. We think we're in the present, but we aren't. The present we know is only a movie of the past."
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"I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am."
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"And because performing for a game involves real acting. The way they create a game is very similar now to how they create a film. I've always wanted to stretch my acting skills, and the timing being what it is, I couldn't say no."
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"Forget acting. It's all about rock 'n' roll."
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"I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing."
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"My acting career helped pull me through the rough times."
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"Nobody is more truthful when he's acting than De Niro."
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"Depending on what your interest in theater is, I always recommend working on plays. It's a great way to be introduced to the field, and also a great way to be seen by agents and representation. I'm also a great advocate for studying acting at a drama school or a college."
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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 quit after my seven-year contract with Universal was up. I quit for 33 years."
Years
"When I was little I thought, isn't it nice that everybody celebrates on my birthday? Because it's July 4th."
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"I had been told by so many people that I was going to be nominated, that I should be nominated, that there wasn't any question about my being nominated. I don't think it was a surprise."
People
"I've been very, very successful. It's very satisfying to me."
Success
"It was a struggle treating Claude Rains as my lover, but we were friendly. It was no great love affair."
Love
"The John Ford pictures I made are highly regarded, but at the time they didn't seem like that."
Time
"I never had a great role in a great film."
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"I have enjoyed acting very much, because I know it's not for real!"
Acting
"I'm amazed. When I was 40, I thought I'd never make 50. And at 50 I thought the frosting on the cake would be 60. At 60, I was still going strong and enjoying everything."
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"When I went back to New York with somewhat of a name, they didn't want movie actresses."
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