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"As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive."

"Then I got out of the service, and I was going to be a Shakespearean actor."

"You grow up in a Sicilian household, becoming an actor is not a big leap."

"I mean, you know, actors lives - you're forgotten. Look at Barrymore, and look at all the great actors. They're forgotten after awhile."

"I've been just like any other working actor, out there looking for stuff."
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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."

"My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear of ulcers in Latin America."

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

"Failure is the most terrible thing in our business. When we fail, the whole world knows about it."

"When we got married, nobody gave it more than two weeks. There were bets all over the country, with astronomical odds against us."

"American people have the ability to laugh at themselves. It is one of the things that makes this country the great country that it is."

"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."
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