"Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops."
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"It`s important to know where you`ve come from so that you can know where you`re going. I probably chose my profession because I was seeking approval, adulation, admiration and affection."
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"...and there I suddenly found my articulate self in a dazzling land of smiling, jostling people wearing and not wearing all sorts of costumes and doing all sorts of clever things. And that's when I knew! What other life could there be but that of an actor?"
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"You know I have about the same interest in jewelry as I have in politics, horse racing, modern poetry, and women who need weird excitement – none."
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"Do your job and demand your compensation - but in that order."
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"My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.'"
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"We have our factory, which is called a stage. We make a product, we color it, we title it and we ship it out in cans."
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"I suppose you might call me the sophisticated type. I like to act with dialogue. Not with grunts."
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"Dying's tough - but not as tough as comedy."
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"There must be something between us, even if it's only an ocean."
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"I have no plans to write an autobiography, I will leave that to others. I'm sure they will turn me into a homosexual or a Nazi spy or something else."
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"I'm a fatheaded guy, full of pain. It tore me up not having you."
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"Divorce is a game played by lawyers."
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"A shot of brandy can save your life, but a bottle of brandy can kill you."
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"The only really good thing about acting in movies is that there's no heavy lifting."
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"If you want to be an actor, my advice is to learn your lines and don't bump into the other actors."
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"It's better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones."
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"I'm prepared. I have a gun and I know how to shoot, and whoever comes calling without an invitation will get it in the rear end."
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"Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings."
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"There are only seven movie stars in the world whose name alone will induce American bankers to lend money for movie productions, and the only woman on the list is Ingrid Bergman."
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