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"Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother."

"Sarah will talk to me about someone and I don't know who she's talking about, but if she talks to my mother, the two of them will know exactly - and across several generations, too."

"That was his mother. When she wasn't crying over the breakfast cereal, she was laughing about killing herself."

"Being a mother gives you an incredible feeling of empowerment, you think if I can go through such pain and that level of sleep and still operate and not be grumpy you can do anything. It can be quite scary, you can't function your brain, forget your vocabulary."
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"Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work in the theater."

"I moved to LA and decided to do films and television, mainly because the theater in New York is totally dead."

"My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and studying and working in the theater."

"This house was our dream-the gardens, the study, even the swimming pool. Even though I can't see John when I wake up in the morning, I can always feel him here with me."

"So many directors are solely focused on their own success in Hollywood and multimillion dollar budgets and deals."

"They said this is Vanity Fair, and I said, Oh, I already take the magazine. They said Annie Leibovitz wants to take your picture and I thought, How nice!"
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