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"My father was often angry when I was most like him."
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"It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like, 'If she wants to try it, let her try it.'"
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"My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are holding the mic."
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"My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad."
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"My sister and I said, Dad, are you doing to do anything about that? And he mentioned treatments other people sent him that he'd been working on. So we thought it would be kind of cool to give these guys a real script."
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"President Bush is supporting Arnold but a lot of Republicans are not, because he is actually quite liberal. Karl Rove said if his father wasn't a Nazi, he wouldn't have any credibility with conservatives at all."
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"It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'"
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"The most important influence in my childhood was my father."
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"When my career first began, I didn't have children - so there's a whole lot of difference in the way I choose roles now. Not just films for my children, but how long I'm going to be away, and is Dad going to be home while I'm gone. That sort-of factor plays a part."
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"My father was a writer and an acting teacher."
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"To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible."
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"Things start out as hopes and end up as habits."
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"It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute."
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"Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth."
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"My father was often angry when I was most like him."
Father
"It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it."
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"I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashion."
Conscience
"We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in our heads. It is considered unhealthy in America to remember mistakes, neurotic to think about them, psychotic to dwell on them."
People
"They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves."
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"People change and forget to tell each other."
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"Failure in the theater is more dramatic and uglier than any other form of writing. It costs so much, you feel so guilty."
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