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"When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma."
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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 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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"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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"I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely."
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"For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting."
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"After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left."
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"I wanted to be an actress. In college I was a serious feminist and very political. I was determined to get one thing out of my career and that was respect. I didn't want money. I didn't care about fame."
Money
"I would take up any small job on the sets, just so that I could hang around with the hope of getting noticed."
Hope
"I don't want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that? I'm not interested."
Care
"I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar."
Life
"The crossover wasn't happening. TV actors were TV actors, and film and stage actors were a whole different thing. And now there's just a lot of crossover."
Actor
"I was a fighter and very determined. There was no way I was going to back out without winning."
Winning
"I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry is any different."
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"When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma."
Acting
"I am an actress and acting is my passion... period!"
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