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"I think I am a much better actor than I have allowed myself to be."

"It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor."

"A reporter discovers, in the course of many years of interviewing celebrities, that most actors are more attractive behind a spotlight than over a spot of tea."

"You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range of the actor and, if necessary, alter the part to suit the actor."

"The filmmaker's got to make it his story and the actors have got to make it their story."
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"The success of I Love Lucy is something that happens only once in a lifetime, if you are fortunate enough to have it happen at all."

"A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line."

"I had started calling her Lucy shortly after we met; I didn't like the name Lucille. That's how our television show was called I Love Lucy, not Lucille."

"I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude."

"Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any."

"An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa."
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