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"To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible."
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"I may neither choose who I would, nor refuse who I dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed by the will of a dead father."
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"I used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was with me."
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"Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing."
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"My father, who had previously been a civil engineer, died in the great influenza epidemic of 1918."
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"I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude."
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"What I do now is all my dad's fault, because he bought me a guitar as a boy, for no apparent reason."
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"The most significant piece of advice my father gave me early on about acting was, don't get caught acting. Really believe in what you're doing and then commit to it. Even if it feels uncomfortable, even if you feel that you're gonna look like an ass. It's all acting, but find the truth in a moment as opposed to just pretending you have and rather than trying to act your way out of it."
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"I would ask my dad what he did, and he'd say, 'I listen to people's problems.' In some way what he did for a living is in my genes."
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"My dad? He died when I was 19, which is a bad time for your dad to die, because there's an awful lot of things you have to resolve with your parents past your teens if you've been a difficult teenager."
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"Our children were trained to look after each other."
Children
"I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then."
Life
"Strangers still leave me self-conscious."
Self
"Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts."
Money
"I'm no good with words but I'll find ways from time to time to show you how grateful I am."
Time
"Being a good host offsets the deprivation and loneliness of my youth."
Being
"I'm going to make it. Nothing is going to stop me. Nothing. I want it too much."
Nothing
"I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day."
Father
"I'm working myself to death."
Death
"I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me."
Business
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