"To my way of thinking, an actor's course is set even before he's out of the cradle."

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"To my way of thinking, an actor's course is set even before he's out of the cradle."

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"An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet."

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"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."

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"I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too."

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"If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man."

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"Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn't hiss or boo me."

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