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"If I become defensive and upset right away, then that's going to adversely affect how I deal with it and it's probably not going to be good press for me and probably be bad just because I'm angry. Just be open and pleasant."
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"Even if the Bush Administration had flung open the gates to stem-cell research years ago, we would not be at the point of offering treatment today. Christopher Reeve would still have been taken from us. But we would be closer."
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"This means keeping many trails open at once, inevitably requiring a fairly 'parallel' plot. This plot should be discovered rather than announced, so show, don't tell."
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"My brain is open."
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"It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer."
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"The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow."
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"The atmosphere was wide open in those circles that we traveled in."
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"I'm an open book."
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"If the heavens throw you dates, you got to keep your mouth open."
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"Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you."
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"I knew Rita Hayworth only enough to know that she was just a tender, sensitive, beautiful human being. A lovely person. Very gentle. She would never stand up for her rights."
Being

"I don't think you want to give all the answers, but I think every answer you do give should bring up another question, and not all questions should be answered."
Answers

"Well, I'm Czech, but Polish, Czech, no matter, it's my name."
Name

"My first day at MGM they decided to bring this lion out, male, and it was not the best time for him to see me. All of a sudden he thought I was in heat and this lion went into the dressing room, which was just a trailer on the sound stage, and went crazy."
Time

"I always felt Jimmy was trapped in Hollywood. He felt it himself. He loved aviation so much and he wanted to be able to do more of that. He somehow just got stuck here."
Aviation

"The work I did in Vertigo meant nothing if no one cared about the movie. Luckily, Vertigo had a revival and people had begun to recognize there was something special and it gained in reputation. But it just as well could have ended up rotting in film cans somewhere."
Work

"As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person."
Confidence

"I had a lot of resentment for a while toward Kim Novak. But I don't mind her anymore. She's okay. We've become friends. I even asked her before this trip for some beauty tips."
Beauty

"For every answer, I like to bring up a question. Maybe I'm related to Alfred Hitchcock or maybe I got to know him too well, but I think life should be that way."
Life

"The thing I loved about Alfred Hitchcock is that he left a lot of open ends there, a lot of clues that didn't really add up the way you think they would, and sometimes, not at all."
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