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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."

"I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved."

"Great acting may be a turn-on, but it won't make me fantasize about the person for a week."

"I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain."

"My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it."

"Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell."

"Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months."
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"Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read."

"Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still."

"Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest."
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