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"An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation."
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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 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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"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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"An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening."
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"Every actor I think has got their own number of takes that they like, you know. Some actors like to go all day, you know on the one scene and some actors want to take two takes. I personally like four."
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"Being unemployed is not good for an actor. No, it isn't, no matter how unsuccessful you are. Because you always remember getting fired from all the restaurants. You remember that stuff very, very strongly."
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"I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they say."
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"My Aunt Minnie would always be punctual and never hold up production, but who would pay to see my Aunt Minnie?"
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"Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also."
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"Hollywood didn't kill Marilyn Monroe, it's the Marilyn Monroes who are killing Hollywood."
Hollywood

"An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation."
Actor

"Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's."
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"Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting."
Man

"An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius."
Genius

"I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood."
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"It was hell at the time, but after it was over, it was wonderful."
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"If there's anything I hate more than being taken seriously, it's being taken too seriously."
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