"When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in."

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"When they asked Jack Benny to do something for the Actor's Orphanage - he shot both his parents and moved in."

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"For a child actor, it's a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared."

"The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years."

"Directors, like actors, get typecast."

"To my way of thinking, an actor's course is set even before he's out of the cradle."

"Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done."

"Being a working actor, you're going to do a Spelling show. It's hard not to."

"I had read the novel and I had heard David Lean was going to direct it - and it came as a surprise to me because American actors, if given the chance, can do style as well as anybody and speak as well as anybody."

"I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans."

"The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you."

"Actors always have opinions."

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"A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it."

"I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance - waiting for the bathroom."

"I've always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there."