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"The first year I was on the show, it took an interviewer about 45 minutes to get it out of me that I even had a dog, and even then I wouldn't tell him the dog's name."
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"I've been playing with Blackwell over 20 years. We used to play when I first went to Los Angeles. Blackwell plays the drums as if he's playing a wind instrument. Actually, he sounds more like a talking drum."
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"We were engaged three-and-a-half weeks after the first date."
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"At synods, I usually wait about a week before I speak. First I listen. I feel the temperature. I listen to what has been said, what has not been said, and what I think needs to be said at that point."
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"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."
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"The first 12-string guitar I bought was probably around 1957."
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"I always begin to compose the melody first."
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"My first encounter with a Kelly was not on a musical scale. It was from primary school. Dave and I went to primary school together and we were like boy scouts."
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"My first record came out in 1961 and then I had one come out in 1962 and then I had two that came out in 1964."
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"The first thing we become convinced of is that man is organized so as to be far more sensible of pain than of pleasure."
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"The first thing I learned was the theme from Peter Gunn."
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"I would always fall down the big main staircase in our house. My favorite thing in the world was to pretend to be horribly killed at the top of it, and to fall dramatically down to the bottom of it."
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"We can't control what the ratings will be. It's like, if you're going to go skiing, do you hope you'll have a good day of skiing? Yes. Do you hope you won't break your leg? Yes."
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"Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease."
Family
"On some level in acting, what you're trying to find is truth, because when it's true is when it's also funny."
Funny
"Don't you always feel bad when they take away one of the spoons? It's like you ordered wrong."
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"I don't have the time to tell you all the things I've learned from this cast. It's an extraordinary ensemble because we all support each other so well."
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"Sometimes in the most tragic situation, something just profoundly funny happens."
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"I was going to be a concert pianist, and when I was in high school, my parents were scared to death that I would focus too much on that too soon. And that I'd end up in some sort of dead end, and not fulfilling whatever potential they thought I had."
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"I went and took golf lessons so Dad would let me play with him. I was just terrible... but I was able to have a wonderful time just walking around with Dad. I can see the real pleasure of that game."
Father
"Maybe it's because I'm getting older, I'm finding enjoyment in things that stop time. Just the simple act of tasting a glass of wine is its own event. You're not downing a glass of wine in the midst of doing something else."
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