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"When you know what an actor has, you can reach in and arouse it. If you don't know what he has, you don't know what the hell is going on."
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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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"Being unemployed is not good for an actor. No, it isn't, no matter how unsuccessful you are. Because you always remember getting fired from all the restaurants. You remember that stuff very, very strongly."
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"I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits."
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"I trained as a theater actor and you had a bare stage and you had to pretend, one prop and you are in the middle of 8th Ave. and traffic is just going by."
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"We have the best driver in the world in drifting and best guy in rally racing and stuff like that. So obviously there's a lot of stuff that I didn't do, but there's a lot of really incredible things that I don't think we've ever seen an actor do."
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"My primary instinct as an actor is not the big transformation. It's thrilling if a performer can do that well, but that's not me. Often with actors, it's a case of witnessing a big party piece but wondering afterwards, where's the substance?"
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"An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox."
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"There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson."
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"Our relationship was cursed by the fact that we agreed on everything."
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"The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more."
Society
"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."
Career
"The thing about Brando was that I'd make these directions, and he'd walk away. He'd heard enough... to get the machine going."
Art
"I would rather do what I did than crawl in front of a ritualistic Left and lie the way those other comrades did betray my own soul."
Lie
"I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise."
Money
"I gave my life to the Group Theatre, because in it I'm building something for myself. What I build, I am."
Life
"I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up."
People
"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."
Party
"I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me."
Time
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