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"It was considered that you were stepping down by doing television. I almost turned Cybill down because I so wanted to remain a theater actress."
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"Violence and smut are of course everywhere on the airwaves. You cannot turn on your television without seeing them, although sometimes you have to hunt around."
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"The nuclear generator of brain sludge is television."
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"You never know what's going to happen with television these days."
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"The television industry doesn't like to see the compexity of the world. It prefers simple reporting, with simple ideas: this is white, that's black; this is good, that's bad."
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"We're just dealing with the kind of warp and woof of television ratings."
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"Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object."
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"Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best."
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"I've appeared on a weekly syndicated television show since 1980."
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"Television's Mr. Filth: that's me."
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"Television is not the exclusive target of promoters. Is Superman really worthy of a Newsweek cover?"
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"It is really hard to do comedy; it takes a lot of energy and focus. It's rather like music: It's a lot of hitting notes precisely."
Comedy
"I'm a nice, happily married wife and mom and I live in Connecticut."
Mom
"Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better."
Character
"Ron Howard is as good a person as you could want to work with on film. He never lost his cool. He's the most easygoing, lovely man, but he's got this enormous intelligence and a wonderful humanity."
Intelligence
"Mike Nichols asked if I would do The Birdcage. Mike and I are dear friends but he had never offered me a feature role in a movie. My television career opened other doors for me."
Career
"It was considered that you were stepping down by doing television. I almost turned Cybill down because I so wanted to remain a theater actress."
Television
"I do enjoy film. The more I do it the more I learn."
Film
"Bambi has a profound effect on children because it's about losing your mother."
Mother
"I think people think Jim Carrey's just wild and crazy. He really is very disciplined. It is true of Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams as well."
People
"If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating a world that can only be described as totally cinematic."
Movies
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