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"The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges."
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"It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover to your surprise that you have rendered something in its true character."

"A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse for you."

"And that's what the audience was feeling too, as they watched the show and as they watch it now. And overriding all of that is the way it was written. It was written honestly. There was never any manufactured laugh. There was never compromising of character."

"I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it."

"I remember that it was never that difficult for me to get a director to look up and pay attention to me. Mind you, I don't know if that's necessarily charm. But I've played roles where my character has to be charming and I've found it quite easy to do. I think some of it is in my bones, but some of it is more deliberate."

"It is better to be gentle than rude."
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"I have very little respect for Nancy Reagan. There is something about her that is very petty."


"Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually enjoy every minute of their work."


"I'd heard he was good, and what the hell sense does it make not to hire somebody because of their color?"


"It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself."


"Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school."
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