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"Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself."

"We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences to talk about, but instead because they know precisely which subjects to avoid."
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"This country has a complex about age. It's unbelievable. If you're over thirty, you've had it in this country."

"Well, I was getting a lot of money then, and I wasn't getting any Hollywood films, so I just did those. I'd always do a play in between. Whenever I ran low on funds, I'd always rush off to do a movie somewhere."

"I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them."

"And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done."

"But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies."

"I'd come out of the army after five years as a medic. I was a medical administrator and we ran hospitals, and I was a Captain in the army at the end, in 1945."

"My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own."
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