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"I joined Tommy Dorsey at the Paramount Theater in New York as a singer. I replaced Frank Sinatra."
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"I did loads of student films and fringe theatre. I worked for free a lot."

"This outfit called Los Angeles Theatre Works does readings of plays."

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"I used to stand outside the theater knowing the truant officer was looking for me. I would stand there 'til someone came along and then ask them to buy my ticket."

"Unless the theatre can ennoble you, make you a better person, you should flee from it."

"Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic."

"We may have limped onto Broadway as the underdogs, but underdogs bite back occasionally."

"I did theater at Carnegie, and in Pittsburgh and New York."
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"I joined Tommy Dorsey at the Paramount Theater in New York as a singer. I replaced Frank Sinatra."
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