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I didn't ever intend to or want to be an actor. I'm not one of those people of whom they say, 'If you can't live without it, that's the only reason you should be an actor.' It was kind of a sideline that became my whole life.

~Dakin Matthews

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I'm not saying that theatre is a doomed profession, but if a person wants to stay in it very long, they'd better develop theatre skills beyond just acting.

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Theater is a local art. You perform for the people in the theater that day.

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I believe that the arts of a culture are terribly important and yet almost indefensible.

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You can't argue that you have to have art, and prove it to anybody. Why should I give $1,000 to art when there are people starving? Of course, that's true. But just because you can't, theoretically, defend the arts, or make a sensible argument for their preservation, doesn't mean they're not important.

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I'm here in Hollywood to do film and television and make enough money to get my kids through college.

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I'm a workaholic, and I know it. And I don't care to deal with it.

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If I were on 'Survivor,' I might be the first off the island.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: November 7th, 1940

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