"A man's true character comes out when he's drunk."
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"Anyone can make them cry, but it takes a genius to make them laugh."
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"By simple common sense I don't believe in God, in none."
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"All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl."
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"I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose."
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"I don't need interesting camera angles, I am interesting."
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"I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career."
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"In the light of our egos, we are all dethroned monarchs"
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"I will not join any club who will take me as a member."
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"This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it."
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"Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world. I had to feel the exuberance that comes from utter confidence in yourself. Without it, you go down to defeat."
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"I do not wish to lose my temper because very shortly I will lose my head. Nevertheless, upon leaving this spark of earthly existence, I have this to say: I shall see you all very soon ... very soon."
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"They cheer me because they all understand me, and they cheer you because no one understands you."
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"Let us fight for a new world, a decent world that will give men a chance to work, that will give youth a future and old age a security."
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"Life is a play that does not allow testing. So, sing, cry, dance, laugh and live intensely, before the curtain closes and the piece ends with no applause."
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"Time is the best author. It always writes the perfect ending."
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"I've arrived at the age where a platonic friendship can be sustained on the highest moral plane."
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"I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born."
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"You the people have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure."
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"Unless I write every day, I don't feel I deserve my dinner."
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