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"The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage."

"The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow."

"The best thing about switching from being an actor to being a director is that you don't have to shave or hold your stomach in anymore."

"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."
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"I'm not always the nicest person to meet, because I forget very easily that I'm an actress when I'm not working."

"I had mice that I kept as pets when I was very young, and I've always liked the way they look. Even rats. I'm not scared of them."

"I admire directors so much, I find them incredible: they manage such a huge number of people of different characters, think of the money involved."

"I've always been able to decide what was more important at different points in my life, but I never gave up personal things to work, never."

"Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology."

"People don't know very much about me. They do not know what really goes on in my private life."
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