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Judy Holliday

"Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously."

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"Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously."

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"I'm trying to eliminate every vestige of my own personality, style, approach and get into somebody else's skin. Sometimes I feel I've accomplished it. But when I don't, I'm nobody at all, having left myself at home."
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"I could talk about him all day. He's one of the most wonderful things that ever happened to me."
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"I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am."
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"People have a hard time making me dress up to look like a classy gal."
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"He didn't maintain my illusion of myself, he gave me an illusion of myself. Before I met him, I never thought of myself as an actress. Boy, he sidetracked me in a great way!"
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