"The more I had to act like a saint, the more I felt like being a sinner."

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"The more I had to act like a saint, the more I felt like being a sinner."

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"The Massachusetts Land Bank, during Colonial times, prospered, and brought prosperity to the community, until it was forcibly suppressed by special act of Parliament."

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"I'm not in retirement. I just don't want to work so much, and I don't get that many offers any more."

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"I began imagining scenes in public which some drunk would come up to me and slap me in the face. Nothing like that ever happened, but I often wonder if I would have turned the other cheek."

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"The idea of working with Steven Spielberg was very attractive. He's such a master. He knows the language of the camera and of filmmaking, which gives him a great freedom."

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"I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor."

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