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"Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it."
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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

"My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it."

"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."

"Acting is easier than skating in a way and harder in other aspects. In skating, you get one chance, and with acting you get to do it over and over."

"Earlier, I used to charge territories instead of my fees as an actor, but I realised it was better to keep the two apart. Now, I take my fees in cash, for acting, and keep the distribution thing separate."

"The head of the CIA, it seems to me, would think long and hard before he admitted that former employees of his had been involved in the murder of the President of the United States-even if they weren't acting on behalf of the Agency when they did it."
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"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."

"It took a long time, but I have learned that you just can't take anything you want out of life without putting something back in exchange."

"I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff."

"Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it."
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