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"The reviewer is a singularly detested enemy because he is, unlike the hapless artist, invulnerable."
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"Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists."

"Wynton and Christopher were really great experiences for me because they are both very gifted artists."

"I'm an artist and I can draw very well. I'm amazed that everybody can't draw well because I can do it so effortlessly."

"Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes - waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain."

"In general, I don't feel artists should need producers."

"If he's a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the jazz musician."
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"Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man."

"Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women."

"One irreducible residual of 38 years in the business is the number of lasting, loving friendships I have made."

"I enjoyed in every way my 12 years of playing Archie, and I wasn't personally sad about finishing a long job."

"Those offers come in now and again. They're not knocking down my door. I'm only an old character actor, and I'm not needed."

"Vulgar and obscene, the papers run rumors daily about people in show business, tales of wicked ways and witless affairs."

"In a capitalist society, persons who create capital, like Michael Eisner, are given the staggering rewards."
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