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"Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed."
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"It was something she didn't want me to do because she thought the rejection would ruin my self-esteem. My father was, like, 'If she wants to try it, let her try it.'"
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"My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy, so that's where I started, that's where I got everything. My roots are holding the mic."
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"My father was my teacher. But most importantly he was a great dad."
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"My sister and I said, Dad, are you doing to do anything about that? And he mentioned treatments other people sent him that he'd been working on. So we thought it would be kind of cool to give these guys a real script."
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"President Bush is supporting Arnold but a lot of Republicans are not, because he is actually quite liberal. Karl Rove said if his father wasn't a Nazi, he wouldn't have any credibility with conservatives at all."
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"It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.'"
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"The most important influence in my childhood was my father."
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"When my career first began, I didn't have children - so there's a whole lot of difference in the way I choose roles now. Not just films for my children, but how long I'm going to be away, and is Dad going to be home while I'm gone. That sort-of factor plays a part."
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"My father was a writer and an acting teacher."
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"To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible."
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"I've always believed in survival."
Survival
"I've always enjoyed a woman's company more than men's. They're usually better looking."
Men
"It's a natural thing for people to say, you know, Who's in this book? I find myself get ting a little defensive. People come along and I'm waiting for that first question."
People
"We were married for almost 45 years. We fought all the time, it wasn't a great love or anything, it wasn't a great, all-consuming passion. She was just there. A lot of people were startled because we didn't seem devoted but we were."
Love
"My father I liked, but it was only after his death that I got to know him by writing the play."
Death
"We are all the foolishness and all the crimes we did. We're also all the kindnesses we did. I hate to think of life as if we understood time. We don't understand time."
Life
"My mother was passionate. She was stubborn, the dominant one in the family. She dominated my father."
Family
"I don't think anyone is the perfect one to play me."
Play
"I think with every writer there are two people there."
People
"A thing well done is worth doing."
Worth
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