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"The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor."
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"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."
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"I don't think I would be an actor if I was that intelligent."
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"I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall."
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"Being unemployed is not good for an actor. No, it isn't, no matter how unsuccessful you are. Because you always remember getting fired from all the restaurants. You remember that stuff very, very strongly."
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"I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits."
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"I trained as a theater actor and you had a bare stage and you had to pretend, one prop and you are in the middle of 8th Ave. and traffic is just going by."
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"We have the best driver in the world in drifting and best guy in rally racing and stuff like that. So obviously there's a lot of stuff that I didn't do, but there's a lot of really incredible things that I don't think we've ever seen an actor do."
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"My primary instinct as an actor is not the big transformation. It's thrilling if a performer can do that well, but that's not me. Often with actors, it's a case of witnessing a big party piece but wondering afterwards, where's the substance?"
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"An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox."
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"TV is very much a producer and writer or creator-driven machine in the States. And I'm the kind of actor that needs to be pushed and have someone on my case a little bit, so I suffer from that."
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"How can a guy climb trees, say Me Tarzan, You Jane, and make a million?"
Trees
"The director sent for me for Tarzan. I climbed the tree and walked out on a limb. The next day I was told I was an actor."
Actor
"We didn't have the lane ropes, we had to get up higher in the water to avoid the little waves."
Water
"I have always been vitally interested in physical conditioning. I have long believed that athletic competition among people and nations should replace violence and wars."
People
"Throughout my career I swam for form. Speed came as a result of it."
Career
"I could make good time because I was so long and skinny, shooting through the water like a stick."
Time
"Swimming gave me my start, but my pal Tarzan did the real work. He set me up nicely."
Work
"I learned to yodel pretty well. It took me a few months, but I eventually perfected it."
Months
"When people don't know me any more or want my autograph, then I'll think about retiring."
People
"The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture."
Business
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