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"I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture."
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"Confession. Years ago, I was invited to a cocktail party for an Asian-American networking group. As I introduced myself to a Japanese businessman, I reached out and firmly shook his hand. Much to my embarrassment now, I automatically took my other hand and wrapped our hands in a "hand hug. This is a common gesture of friendship in the South. As his wife approached, however, she appeared appalled and felt disrespected that I was touching her husband. Our cultural differences were marked. Despite this cultural mishap, I was able to redeem myself. We all moved past it and delighted in an interesting conversation. Physical touch is a touchy topic (pun intended), especially when various cultures are involved."
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"I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture."
"I'd like people to remember me for a diligent expert workman. I think a poet is a workman. I think Shakespeare was a workman. And God's a workman. I don't think there's anything better than a workman."
"Surely we have always acted; it is an instinct inherent in all of us. Some of us are better at it than others, but we all do it."
"I often think that could we creep behind the actor's eyes, we would find an attic of forgotten toys and a copy of the Domesday Book."
"My stage successes have provided me with the greatest moments outside myself, my film successes the best moments, professionally, within myself."
"We have all, at one time or another, been performers, and many of us still are - politicians, playboys, cardinals and kings."
"I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act."
"I don't know what is better than the work that is given to the actor-to teach the human heart the knowledge of itself."
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