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"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."
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"I don't think I would be an actor if I was that intelligent."
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"I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall."
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"A lot of actors don't like to see how they've done every day."
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"It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor."
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"Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely."
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"Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor."
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"The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the soldiers."
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"An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening."
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"Every actor I think has got their own number of takes that they like, you know. Some actors like to go all day, you know on the one scene and some actors want to take two takes. I personally like four."
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"After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left."
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"I wanted to be an actress. In college I was a serious feminist and very political. I was determined to get one thing out of my career and that was respect. I didn't want money. I didn't care about fame."
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"I would take up any small job on the sets, just so that I could hang around with the hope of getting noticed."
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"I don't want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that? I'm not interested."
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"I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar."
Life

"The crossover wasn't happening. TV actors were TV actors, and film and stage actors were a whole different thing. And now there's just a lot of crossover."
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"I think all industries are sexist in nature and I don't think the film industry is any different."
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"I am an actress and acting is my passion... period!"
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"Television really does offer still great parts for women, cable in particular."
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"When I'm not working, my time is really about my children."
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