"If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln."

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"If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln."

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"The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards."

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"I've always known I wanted to be an actor. It never crossed my mind to be anything else. I think I probably decided for sure when I saw 'Sounder'."

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"You know what I would like to do: make a film with actors standing in empty space so that the spectator would have to imagine the background of the characters."

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"Today some actors get a little full of themselves about what they're doing."

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"I've been able to do things that allow me to hold my head up and still be popular."

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"If there's any business that instructs you in the strong hand of fate, it's show business. You can plan and plan, but it's what happens to you that really determines what your career will be like."

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"I got a note from my father, who said that Success is wonderful, if you don't inhale. That was his own aphorism, and I think it's the very best thing he could have said to me or anyone else on the subject."

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"I don't think playing a villain is my greatest talent."

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"Shakespeare is the one who gets re-interpreted most frequently."

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