I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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I just wondered how it would feel, how people would treat her, but she’s adjusted so marvelously.
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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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Waiting around and doing these lines over and over and finally having to go in and loop the lines and dub them.
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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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Everything changes with age. The parts change with age, your feelings about them change, roles that I would’ve wanted to play 10 years ago, I don’t want to play now.
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It wasn’t until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do.
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It turned out that time doesn’t heal the wound , but in its so merciful way , blunts the edges ever so slightly
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I would say I am more concerned with the plays I’m going to do than the movies.
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That’s the way to live – around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it.
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The thing that can get you a little upset is when people say other people are better than you. That can bug you.
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There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty.
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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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Responsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I’m playing.
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There’s something to learn from it. I’ve had movies that have failed colossally, so you kind of analyze your failures.
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There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.
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