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I wish it was possible to do the work and not have to talk about it, but it is traditional in the theater to go into the village square and bang the drum and say, 'Come see this show, come see this show.'
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I don't have a waist: I'm a breadbox on top of legs.
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I believe imagination to be a uniquely human gift. The reason I like my job, and have liked it for more than half a century, is that I get to use my imagination.
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I'm interested in playing old ladies because I am becoming one. And I want to become a very good one!
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Love is as strict as acting. If you want to love somebody, stand there and do it. If you don't, don't. There are no other choices.
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I was raised to be in service to something larger than myself. A lot of actors concentrate on what they will get out of the profession, rather than what they can offer it. The way I see it, if you come with something to offer, you can offer it forever.
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I don't want people instructing me what to do with my body; I don't want the government to tell me what I can do in my bedroom, with my body, or with whoever I choose to love.
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A critic is someone who never actually goes to the battle, yet who afterwards comes out shooting the wounded.