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"We must overcome the notion that we must be regular... it robs you of the chance to be extraordinary and leads you to the mediocre."
Chance

"We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare."
Shakespeare

"I won't go to England because they won't let my dog in."
England

"They still had the Lord Chamberlain, so we had this idiotic censorship. We were allowed three Jesus Christs instead of 10. Why three were OK, I don't know."
Censorship

"Awards don't really mean much."
Awards

"I love playing Chekhov. That's the hardest; that's why I love it most."
Love

"I love going to the movies; I love watching good movie actors. They must know something I don't."
Love

"Once in awhile, there's stuff that makes me say, That's what theatre's about. It has to be a human event on the stage, and that doesn't happen very often."
Theatre

"I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go."
Acting

"We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary."
Heart
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"The play was a great success but the audience was a disaster."
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Personal Development

"Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it."
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"I'm trying to bring a new generation into the musical theater and to create a new audience."
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"I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre."
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"New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation."
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"Actually, my favourite roles have been in theatre, but on TV, my faves were Slap Maxwell and Larry Sanders."
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"I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We've been very supportive of the veterans there."
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"I come from a TV background, so for me this more like doing a freeing theatre piece because we'd go into a room and do the scene, instead of doing it as a wide shot, medium shot, and close up with only the odd line of dialogue."
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"A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington."
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"I'm very resistant to most forms of theater."
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