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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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"I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits."
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"We have the best driver in the world in drifting and best guy in rally racing and stuff like that. So obviously there's a lot of stuff that I didn't do, but there's a lot of really incredible things that I don't think we've ever seen an actor do."
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"My primary instinct as an actor is not the big transformation. It's thrilling if a performer can do that well, but that's not me. Often with actors, it's a case of witnessing a big party piece but wondering afterwards, where's the substance?"
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"An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox."
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"As a child I wanted to be everything from a doctor, lawyer, flight attendant to an IT pro- fessional and could never make up my mind. I figured as an actor I'd get to play all these professions."
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"It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity."
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"I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans."
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"I criticize those critics. The reason being that they're doing one of the worst things that ever can be done to an actor, which is to say, Look, you do what we like you to do or else."
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"Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons."
Funny
"The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something."
Talent
"Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old."
Man
"Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award."
Time
"Save your money. You're going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think."
Age
"If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it."
Control
"I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed."
Life
"Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write."
Life
"I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop."
American
"The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years."
Actor
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