"I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors can."

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"I could not separate myself off stage from myself on stage, as so many actors can."

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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 wanted to be a doctor when I was young. I also wanted to be a paramedic, but I always wanted to be an actor as well. I didn't have kids or something that I needed to provide for."

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"I like doing them and they're ridiculous and the actors can improvise a lot, and they don't have to be really realistic characters that hit a very specific tone as in a feature film. They're really fun, I want to make more of them definitely."

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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 don't think actors get good training today. I put my training to use in everything I do."

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"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."

"I wanted to be a doctor when I was young. I also wanted to be a paramedic, but I always wanted to be an actor as well. I didn't have kids or something that I needed to provide for."

"I like doing them and they're ridiculous and the actors can improvise a lot, and they don't have to be really realistic characters that hit a very specific tone as in a feature film. They're really fun, I want to make more of them definitely."

"I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy."

"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."

"Jack Nicholson is a textbook actor who's very intuitive. He is absolutely brilliant at going as far as you can go, always pushing to the edge, but still making it seem real."

"An actor has to embody a role."

"I don't think actors get good training today. I put my training to use in everything I do."

"I'm just back in line with every other actor looking for a job right now and keeping my fingers crossed."

"I've always slightly worried the kids who play football around my house. They know I'm an actor, but felt sorry for me because they'd never seen anything I've done."

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"I am exceedingly lucky that my voice, along with perfect pitch and perfect rhythm, was given me at birth."

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"Ice cream was my undoing, and six chocolate milk shakes in a row were nothing to me at one time."

"I vowed that whenever my family needed me, I would give up everything to go to them, no matter what. The show must go on was meaningless to me."

"Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously."

"I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing."

"It became obvious in 1957 that I was endangering my health by carrying so much weight."