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"I've been a very lucky actor."
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"What we do as actors is we go through phases where you superficially learn all this information."
"You know, for an actor to come into the midst of that, it's - It can either be difficult and somewhat unnerving, or it can be very embracing and like, kind of stepping into a nice hot tub."
"There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson."
"As actors, we went where we wanted to, and the camera followed us: it was like having another person in the room. There was no formal structure to the process. It was very liberating."
"I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since."
"I didn't need the insurance. I do it again if my DP tells me it didn't look good in the camera or if the actors didn't hit their marks. But if everything was working why do it again?"
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"I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it."
"Jack Benny was, without a doubt, the bravest comedian I have ever seen work. He wasn't afraid of silence. He would take as long as it took to tell the story."
"When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity."
"I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little confusion between humor and gross passing for humor. That's kind of regrettable."
"Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on."
"I'm most proud of the longevity of my marriage, my kids, and my grandchildren. If you don't have that, you really don't have very much."
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