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"I like writing better. Because I don't have to wear makeup, I don't have to be thin, and I don't have to remember lines."

"I find that putting my makeup on and playing with different looks is really relaxing for me before the show."

"I have this huge lion tattoo embossed on my arm. I was a little worried as to how we would cover it up. But my makeup man covered the tattoo with makeup. It took close to two hours."

"It's definitely an intrinsic part of my makeup that makes me want to see black when everyone else is seeing white."

"I want to be a guy, but I want to wear a lot of makeup."
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"I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them."

"But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies."

"I'd come out of the army after five years as a medic. I was a medical administrator and we ran hospitals, and I was a Captain in the army at the end, in 1945."

"My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own."

"I met my wife and, for the next ten years, we did no films at all. She did the first movie and then I did several after. My first movie was written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Kazan and was called Baby Doll."

"One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it."

"Well, I go to the theater today, and its curtain - there is no curtain in this play; the lights go down and go up - and we start. And I live this character for two hours. There are only two of us in the play. And It's a complete experience."

"John Huston was a superb master. He knew how to make good films. I did three things with him. One is called Independence. It plays in Philadelphia, for free. It's been playing there for 25 years."
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