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"We are not the originators of the story. I think it's actually the opposite when you're an actor. You're telling somebody else's story."
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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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"It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor."
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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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"The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the soldiers."
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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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"Successful model? That's a myth. The year I modeled was the most painful year of my life. Editors would always talk to you in the third person as though you were merely a piece of merchandise."
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"TV is sort of the only way to go for an actress my age to make a decent salary; with independent films, you just can't."
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"At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life."
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"I've got nothing left to lose at this point. The work I've done is out there."
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"I had never done Shakespeare before, but I don't think you can be an actor and not do it. There were moments when I thought, I'm just not going to be able to pull this off."
Thought

"I love being a mother. I loved being a daughter, a sister, a wife. I love being a woman with men. I love having given birth."
Love

"Sometimes parts just come along when it's the perfect time for you to do them."
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"There was that feminist myth that we can do everything. I don't think you can."
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"We are not the originators of the story. I think it's actually the opposite when you're an actor. You're telling somebody else's story."
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"To my mind the election was stolen by George Bush and we have been suffering ever since under this man's leadership."
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