"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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"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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"I think I am a much better actor than I have allowed myself to be."

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"A reporter discovers, in the course of many years of interviewing celebrities, that most actors are more attractive behind a spotlight than over a spot of tea."

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