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"I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times."
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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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"We gained a great deal of prestige, but not much money. We liked to work so much we couldn't hide it and the club owners paid us accordingly."
Work
"When they thought of me, they always remembered the vacuous Billie Dawn. It was as simple as that."
Thought
"I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable."
Experience
"I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it's like losing a leg."
Losing
"I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward."
Idea
"You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience's attention without extraordinary physical equipment."
Attention
"Now with all this movie business, everybody's coming around wanting to know everything that's happened since I was four. It's like going to an analyst."
Business
"Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?"
Work
"I was bargaining for time away from Hollywood, and Columbia was bargaining for money. I got what I wanted and they got what they wanted. They knew I was so anxious to do Born Yesterday that I'd have done it for a dollar. They gave me the next best thing."
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"Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously."
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