"I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right."

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"I was not what you'd call a first-class actor, but I did all right."

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"Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it."

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"It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor."

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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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"A reporter discovers, in the course of many years of interviewing celebrities, that most actors are more attractive behind a spotlight than over a spot of tea."

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"You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range of the actor and, if necessary, alter the part to suit the actor."

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"As an actor, I've grown considerably. It's taken me years to get comfortable doing a romantic scene and dancing on stage in front of a live audience. I've really opened up a lot."

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"James Ivory comes close to the actors for the first rehearsal. He more or less lets you direct yourself and then will only correct you if he finds it incorrect."

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"I hate the Communists and have for many years and don't feel right about giving up my career to defend them. I will give up my film career if it is in the interests of defending something I believe in, but not this."

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"I didn't have that much confidence. Maybe it looks that way. I'm glad it does."

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"I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice."

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"You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility."

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"For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists."

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"To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but is bitter and unforgettable."

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