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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."
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"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."
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"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."
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"For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting."
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"I'm acting for the pleasure of it."
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"Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else's technique. I like mine."
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"You have to do real acting, not just do a voice."
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"It was always part of the plan to move into acting."
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"I decided I was going to give up singing and concentrate on acting, and a result of that, I didn't do another film for two to three years, and I don't blame it on anybody but myself."
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"Acting must be scaled down for the screen. A drawing room is a lot smaller than a theatre auditorium."
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"Even if I don't want to slow down, I'm slowing down."
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"But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies."
University
"All of these stories bounced around in my mind for a long time."
Time
"I never lost my appetite for acting."
Acting
"Everyone thinks acting is easy. It's far from easy, but it's the most gratifying thing I do."
Acting
"Well, I was getting a lot of money then, and I wasn't getting any Hollywood films, so I just did those. I'd always do a play in between. Whenever I ran low on funds, I'd always rush off to do a movie somewhere."
Money
"Well, I go to the theater today, and its curtain - there is no curtain in this play; the lights go down and go up - and we start. And I live this character for two hours. There are only two of us in the play. And It's a complete experience."
Experience
"And I did Batman, too. I did Mr. Freeze. I get more mail for him than anything I've ever done."
"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?"
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"I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them."
Life
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