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Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten.

~David Ogden Stiers

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I wish to spend my life's twilight being just who I am. I could claim noble reasons as coming out in order to move gay rights forward, but I must admit it is for far more selfish reasons. Now is the time I wish to find someone, and I do not desire to force any potential partner to live a life of extreme discretion with me.

~David Ogden Stiers

Topics: Admit Am Any Being Claim Coming Could Desire Discretion Extreme Far Find Force Forward Gay Gay Rights Just Life Live Me More Move Must Noble Now Order Out Partner Potential Reasons Rights Selfish Someone Spend Time Twilight Who Wish I Am I Wish

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Fun can happen on the interior. Nobody knows about it, but there are fireworks going on inside your spirit when you hear a great orchestra playing great music.

~David Ogden Stiers

Topics: About Fireworks Fun Going Great Great Music Happen Hear Inside Interior Knows Music Nobody Orchestra Playing Spirit You Your

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People ordinarily don't think of their orchestras as important as we'd like them to be. People don't care about their friends and neighbors who sit down to commit excellence three or four times a year, but they will go see the tall bald guy with three names from television.

~David Ogden Stiers

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What we have to get clear to kids is that when you offer your stillness and open yourself to the experience of music, it pays you back more than you give.

~David Ogden Stiers

Topics: Back Clear Experience Get Give Kids More Music Offer Open Pays Stillness Than You Your Yourself

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Writing is hard work. Generating stories that catch people's attention and holding it are very difficult.

~David Ogden Stiers

Topics: Attention Catch Difficult Generating Hard Hard Work Holding People Stories Very Work Writing

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Cogsworth, the character I did on 'Beauty and the Beast,' could be a bit flamboyant onscreen, because basically, he is a cartoon. But they didn't want Cogsworth to become Disney's gay character, because it got around a gay man was playing him.

~David Ogden Stiers

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The ebulliently sharp mind of 'White Christmas' director Walter Bobbie made me tremble and strive in the same breath. The deceptively 'simple' dialogue of David Ives, asking every actor to just. say. it. Float it on the breeze; it doesn't need 'explanation,' just energy and truth.

~David Ogden Stiers

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People are nice enough, but you can hear the giant tick of the second hand. People are so harried.

~David Ogden Stiers

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In television you go in with this operating system that it is a crapshoot.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: October 31st, 1942

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