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"Acting in films hasn't changed me. I feel exactly the same."
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"In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private."

"I went whole hog at the actor's lifestyle - really embraced it. I had by then known how much I loved acting already, because I discovered acting from a teacher in the seminary - that's the first place I ever did it, in the seminary."

"Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic."

"There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment."

"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
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"Somewhere along the line, Bob said I'd better begin taking this business seriously, because, whether I liked it or not, I had a career."


"For a while we lived in a tent we'd pitched inside his parents' house and we slept on pillows."


"There's nothing that can beat the feeling of doing a movie or a TV show that makes everyone feel good."


"Anyway, I went out and bought thousands of dollars worth of mature clothes so I'd look like a person to be taken seriously, instead of a pretty little twit."


"Making it big in this world is such a rip-off, you gotta keep your head together or it can be totally without meaning."


"I was traveling in Europe with Paul and suddenly realized my passport still said I was Mrs. Sampson."


"And of course, now that Bernard and I have found each other forever, we're determined to create our own little world in order to survive the one we're in."
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