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"I was an original member of the Actors' Studio."
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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 wanted to be a doctor when I was young. I also wanted to be a paramedic, but I always wanted to be an actor as well. I didn't have kids or something that I needed to provide for."
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"I like doing them and they're ridiculous and the actors can improvise a lot, and they don't have to be really realistic characters that hit a very specific tone as in a feature film. They're really fun, I want to make more of them definitely."
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"I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy."
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"The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards."
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"An actor has to embody a role."
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"I don't think actors get good training today. I put my training to use in everything I do."
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"I'm just back in line with every other actor looking for a job right now and keeping my fingers crossed."
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"Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up."
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"The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you."
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"Yes, I won the Bafta. I thought the British were very intelligent."
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"And then the first was The Misfits, which I enjoyed very much, with Marilyn and Gable."
First
"My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own."
Movies
"So I wanted to show what I did with the money. So I got red silk shirts, beautiful hats, wonderful saddles, a great horse, and two gold teeth. So that was the way I did it."
Money
"I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda."
Actor
"I'd come out of the army after five years as a medic. I was a medical administrator and we ran hospitals, and I was a Captain in the army at the end, in 1945."
Medical
"What is it in my makeup that makes me grab any offer and fly around the world? Will I ever be satisfied? Can't I ever just rest?"
Makeup
"And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done."
Deals
"I always wanted to tell stories and act."
Act
"I met my wife and, for the next ten years, we did no films at all. She did the first movie and then I did several after. My first movie was written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Kazan and was called Baby Doll."
Wife
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