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"Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney."
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"I don't think they're going to pay me to play Mufasa."
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"Hey, pretty book, why don't you lie in my lap awhile?"
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"All I ever wanted to do was play the drums; I felt good about myself when I played the drums. So I worked anywhere and everywhere I could lug my drums in."
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"Inherit the Wind is a wonderful play, and I was in the original with Paul Muni."
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"You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile."
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"No one should be allowed to play the violin until he has mastered it."
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"Want to play baseball?' she asked. Shane's eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. "What?' "First base,' she said. "You're already there.' "I'm not running the bases.' "Well, you could at least steal second.' "Jeez, Claire. I used to distract myself with sports stats at times like these, but now you've gone and ruined it."
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"In 1940 I came across a record by Jimmy Yancey. I can't say how important that record is. From then on, all I wanted to do was play the blues."
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"I don't think it's a matter of, do you win the game or not, it's how gracefully do you play it."
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"Kids. They're not tin cans or sheetrock. They're laughing machines. Wind them up and watch them go."
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"I've come to learn that there is a real difference between men and women. It's genetic."
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"There's no praise or acknowledgment paid to women who raise the babies."
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"All men are difficult."
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"Studios were just run differently. There really was a head of a studio. There were people who loved their studios. Who worked for their studios and were loaned out to other people and everybody sort of got a piece. Well now there's a handful now."
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"But I've always believed that Christine Cagney shouldn't be played past a certain age."
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"They say that Madison Avenue will only pay high dollars in advertising if they get the 18-35 age range."
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"Well what do you do with a character like Christine Cagney and you tell her she can't have things?"
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"Yeah, even a black comedy. Where it's a little eerie. I'd love to do that. But there are about three really fabulous ones on the air now and I don't know if I can do any better than that. I'd like to sort of forge new ground."
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"Women and minorities have excelled beautifully in comedy, but very few women are the lead in a drama."
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"But it took me awhile to figure out Christine at this age, you know."
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