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Fred Allen

"Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too great."

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"Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too great."

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"The only thing we don't do together is get in front of an actor and show any indecision at all about what we think. We don't always agree, so we meet privately, then one or the other will approach the actor."

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"I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor."

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"A lot of actors just do whatever they do, and wherever the camera is, it is. They don't pay much attention, but I always did. I was always very close to the camera crew. They were my best buddies, no matter what movie or show I was doing."

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"I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it."

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"It is unfortunate that the poor judgment shown by a small group of young actors has tarnished the reputation of every child who has ever appeared before a camera."

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"When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away."

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"I phoned this number and said, Please, sir, I want to be an actor."

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"It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're writers who perform their own material. It's more interesting. And they're sexy because they risk more. Stand-up comedians risk more than anyone."

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"No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement."

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