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"I also want to return to doing stand-up. I've become frightened of live audiences. This is a really telling sign that I need to go back on the comedy circuit again."
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"I find that here in the States, audiences are generally less knowledgeable, from the cognitive point of view, though they are emotionally more receptive."
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"I know two kinds of audiences only - one coughing, and one not coughing."
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"Audiences are audiences."
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"Audiences in London called me the girl with the black cherry eyes."
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"I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times."
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"With stand-up you've just got that one chance. Audiences can be quite fickle."
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"Lenny Bruce is a very moral man trying to improve the world and trying to make audiences think."
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"You would give up your career if you lost your voice for good, or if the impresarios stopped calling, or the audiences stopped coming. But as long as those things are there, I don't plan to stop. There is nothing that makes me feel better than to be with my public."
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"At this stage, what would be rewarding would be for audiences to want to watch."
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"Above all else, deep in my soul, I'm a tough Irishwoman."
Soul

"I don't remember having a crush on a boy when I was a girl. I don't even remember my first kiss."
Kiss

"When How Green Was My Valley finally wrapped, I thought John Ford was a walking god."
God

"Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it."
Comedy

"My heritage has been my grounding, and it has brought me peace."
Peace

"When you try to battle with John Ford, you have to give in."
Battle

"I spent a great deal of time with Che Guevara while I was in Havana. I believe he was far less a mercenary than he was a freedom fighter."
Time

"I was born into the most remarkable and eccentric family I could possibly have hoped for."
Family

"After I got to Hollywood, I resented that I didn't get a crack at more dramatic roles because I photographed so beautifully."
Hollywood

"I had always been a tomboy - I still am, at heart."
Heart
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