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"I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash."
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"Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable."
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"Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him."
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"I just want to be rich and famous."
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"After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school."
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"If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before."
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"Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good."
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"The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result."
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"I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous."
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"To be famous and broke is hard."
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"I certainly don't want a child of mine to be famous, or anyone I was very close to who isn't yet... It's the worst thing to be trapped in your house not be able to leave."
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"This industry has been really good to me. It's been a great life. I'm not through yet. I'm ready when you are, Mr. DeMille."
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"Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script."
Time

"I don't have people following me around, like bodyguards. I don't know how people live like that. Maybe the young movie stars have to live like that, I don't know. But it seems a little crazy to me. I don't think you need all that stuff."
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"I've got a great sense of humor."
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"I've got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I've done it."
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"I am able to play monsters well. I understand monsters. I understand madmen."
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"I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it."
Acting

"I have a punishing workout regimen. Every day I do 3 minutes on a treadmill, then I lie down, drink a glass of vodka and smoke a cigarette."
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"I never make conscious decisions."
Decisions

"I came here in 1974 to do a play, and then I went to L.A. I really like living in America. I feel more at home here than anywhere else."
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