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"I've never lost my appetite for acting; it's innovative and challenging."
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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."
"I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved."
"Great acting may be a turn-on, but it won't make me fantasize about the person for a week."
"I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain."
"My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it."
"Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell."
"Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months."
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"This country has a complex about age. It's unbelievable. If you're over thirty, you've had it in this country."
"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."
"And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done."
"But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies."
"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."
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