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"I wanted to be a theater actress, but I thought it would be easier to get to New York and the theater if I had a name than if I just walked the streets as a little girl from California."
Thought
"I'm amazed. When I was 40, I thought I'd never make 50. And at 50 I thought the frosting on the cake would be 60. At 60, I was still going strong and enjoying everything."
Thought
"I have enjoyed acting very much, because I know it's not for real!"
Acting
"When I went back to New York with somewhat of a name, they didn't want movie actresses."
Name
"When I was little I thought, isn't it nice that everybody celebrates on my birthday? Because it's July 4th."
Birthday
"In the '60s, '70s and '80s, everybody was pretty tense on the set."
Pretty
"I quit after my seven-year contract with Universal was up. I quit for 33 years."
Years
"I had been told by so many people that I was going to be nominated, that I should be nominated, that there wasn't any question about my being nominated. I don't think it was a surprise."
People
"I love working."
Love
"Claude Rains was what we call an actor's actor. He was very involved with himself and his performance."
Performance
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"I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed."
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Personal Development
"With a recent birthday, I've been acting now for twenty years."
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"When I was little I thought, isn't it nice that everybody celebrates on my birthday? Because it's July 4th."
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Personal Development
"We didn't have a whole lot of money when I was growing up either. I would always ask for magic books or magic tricks for my birthday or for Christmas and the rest of the year I either had to mow lawns or find part time jobs to help supplement the cost of doing magic."
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"In 1993 my birthday present was a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame."
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"I'm most comfortable in my birthday suit."
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"For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I put them in the same room and let them fight it out."
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"I wrapped my Christmas presents early this year, but I used the wrong paper. See, the paper I used said 'Happy Birthday' on it. I didn't want to waste it so I just wrote 'Jesus' on it."
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"On a royal birthday every house must fly a flag, or the owner would be dragged to a police station and be fined twenty-five rubles."
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"I trained to be a priest - started to. I went to seminary school when I was 11. I wanted to be a priest, but when they told me I could never have sex, not even on my birthday, I changed my mind."
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