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"Being the youngest of five, you're adored, you're fueled with confidence."
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"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."

"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light."

"The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions."

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"I pretend I'm one of the royal family when I'm in a hotel and that the hotel belongs to me - it is a palace."

"What's great about being a character actor is you know that you can survive forever. It's not about the gloss of your eyebrows."

"I hate to lull the audience into letting them think that something is something. It's always fun to defy expectations."

"What I learned, a little too late, was that the 'traditional' Martin Short target viewer weighs under 300 pounds. Unfortunately, I was on during daytime."

"All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room."
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