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"Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities."
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"I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor."
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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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"You ask any actor - they'll tell you they'd rather shoot on location because you don't have to invent the energy, the energy is there."
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"Nowadays, in the contract that actors sign, you have to agree that you're going to do a certain amount of publicity-the hard part they don't pay you for."
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"Look at someone like Edward Norton. A truly phenomenal actor. He's definitely went to school and trained."
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"Becoming an actor? If it's not a calling, don't do it. It's too hard."
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"Today I divide my day between being actor, producer and distributor, and the monotony is broken."
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"As an actor we're just like workers in a factory, we provide our services to directors."
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"I think it's damaging to know too much about a person, about an actor."
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"Most movies are made today for teenage boys. Once in a while a good one comes along."
Movies
"Cheyenne Autumn was received not too successfully. I still think it was a very good movie. It was kinda Ford's apology for the way he had treated Indians in his past pictures."
Apology
"I loved Jack Ford. I got him in his later days, and he was a total tyrant and a total autocrat and an Irish drunk. But I had a great time."
Time
"Kazan was an old friend, I met him in 1938. He picked up radio jobs for eating money, so I met him on a couple of radio shows. Later on I was in a play he directed."
Money
"I was never a part of the Actor's Studio, because two friends of mine started it in 1947 and by that time I'd gone to California."
Time
"There was something about Marilyn. She couldn't act her way out of a bag, but she became an icon because something happened between her and the lens, and no one knows what it is."
Act
"Other actors like to rehearse on film-they like 30 or 40 takes. When you get an actor like that, it becomes difficult for me because I'm ready to quit after number two."
Actor
"Marilyn was terrible to work with. I was fond of her, she was a nice girl, but she was a damaged girl. She was very difficult. You couldn't get her on the set; she didn't know the words."
Work
"Ford used to come to work in a big car with two Admiral's flags, on each side of the car. His assistant would be there with his accordion, playing, Hail to the Chief."
Car
"Hoods are good parts because they're always flashy and attract attention. If you've got any ability, you can use that as a stepping stone."
Ability
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