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"I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with 'It's a masterpiece,' and then tell me what you think could be changed."
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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 like to consider myself an actor who just happens to be Hispanic."
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"I think I am a much better actor than I have allowed myself to be."
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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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"Every man dies. Not every man lives."
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"There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things."
Acting
"I wouldn't say I'm a method actor. I do research when I feel I don't have enough experience for the part I'm playing."
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"When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous."
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"I've been lucky-my looks haven't put me into one category. I don't look like a blue blood. I don't look like a criminal. I don't look like anything."
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"I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships."
Life
"I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about."
Acting
"You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing."
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"Bush is very clever. When the debate should have been about the deterioration of our cities and the lack of action by government, he sent in his idiot to make an outrageous statement about Murphy Brown."
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"It's difficult when you have to turn down a tremendous amount of money because you don't like what the script is saying and you don't have any money."
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