I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
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I used to say I wanted to genuflect to a woman, put her up on a pedestal higher and higher, way up beyond my grasp…Then I’d find another one.
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I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp.
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I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
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I learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down.
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The literal, basic thing of the stage is really like a magnet. It brings me back to earth.
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I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it’s a good idea to know that. It’s always good to go with your gift.
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Be careful how you judge people, most of all friends. You don’t sum up a man’s life in one moment.
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A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.
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Really, I didn’t know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.
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You’re in a conversation and everybody’s agreeing with what you’re saying – even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful – my personal life suffers.
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If you can identify with people, you can empathize with people and therefore you understand things.
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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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I have a life and do a lot of things, and so far my work has been my life.
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If I find something and feel as though I can contribute to [it] in a way and feel I’m in it, whatever that means.
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It’s never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you – you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
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