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"Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult."
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"I remember the first reading of the script we had and everybody was sitting around the table. I was very impressed with the level of acting that was in the room, particularly with Jennifer who has so much responsibility."
"Acting with creatures that aren't there is kind like acting with an actor who refuses to come out of his trailer. You still have to go on and do the scene."
"I never went to school. I never went to acting school because I was so scared."
"Absolutely not, because in acting I've found a domain that suits me perfectly. And that is so utterly rare."
"I dropped the script in the fireplace, called my agent and said, they can jail me, sue me, but I'm never acting again, unless I can do something worthwhile."
"The only thing I like about being an actress is acting."
"When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma."
"It's not subtle or restrained. It's not any of the things you like to think apply to your acting."
"I wasn't really serious about acting - I was serious about baseball."
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"I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture."
"Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it."
"Living is strife and torment, disappointment and love and sacrifice, golden sunsets and black storms. I said that some time ago, and today I do not think I would add one word."
"We have all, at one time or another, been performers, and many of us still are - politicians, playboys, cardinals and kings."
"My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself."
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