"Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that."

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"Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that."

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"Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely."

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"I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since."

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