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"Shakespeare is like mother's milk to me."
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"The third lesson and tip actually comes from two of my favorite political philosophers: Mao Tse-tung and Mother Theresa - not often coupled with each other, but the two people I turn to most to basically deliver a simple point which is 'you're going to make choices; you're going to challenge; you're going to say why not; you're going to figure out how to do things that have never been done before."

"Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly."

"A circus is like a mother in whom one can confide and who rewards and punishes."
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"I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it isn't."

"The Broadway audience is made up of a greater percentage of tourists now. There's not nearly as much variety and danger and challenge in what's being offered."

"I find I have to walk a little faster in public these days, but it's very easy to remember when nobody had any idea who I was."

"It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows."

"If it's well written and well directed and you've got good actors to work with, acting is easy. But making sure all the ducks are in a row is the hard part. It's very rare."

"Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective."

"I consider myself a very lucky actor that, approaching 60, I'm still employed and employable."
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