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"They needed someone to write a script of The Great Gatsby very quickly for the movie they were making. I took this job so I'd be sure to have some dough to support my family."
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"Do not forget you mother, when she is old."
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"Children see beauty in everything."
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"You can become a model of a perfect man or a devoted husband and a father in order to show the role of the a man's responsibility for the family."
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"Do not refuse to help your own relatives."
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"A man's work is from sun to sun but a mother's work is never done."
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"Mothers care in volumes of tears and earnestness of prayers and a depth of emotion others cannot fathom."
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"Children are great observers."
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"Never sever ties with a family member you once loved. Each of you might be on different spiritual paths, but both trails are leading you home."
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"You are evidence of your mother's strength, especially if you are a rebellious knucklehead and regardless she has always maintained her sanity."
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"He described how, as a boy of 14, his dad had been down the mining pit, his uncle had been down the pit, his brother had been down the pit, and of course he would go down the pit."
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"I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing."
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"I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn't have a lot of friends. Theater really represented camaraderie."
Friendship

"The professional world was much more unpleasant than I thought. I was always wishing I could get back that enthusiasm I had when I was doing shows at college."
Thought

"You ought to love what you're doing because, especially in a movie, over time you really will start to hate it."
Love

"I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school."
School

"Art depends on luck and talent."
Art

"The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work."
Work

"We had access to too much money, too much equipment, and little by little, we went insane."
Money

"Most Italians who came to this country are very patriotic. There was this exciting possibility that if you worked real hard, and you loved something, you could become successful."
Success

"I had an older brother who was very interested in literature, so I had an early exposure to literature, and and theater. My father sometimes would work in musical comedies."
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