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I could have been a lot more famous and played leading men and everything. For whatever reason, I didn't go for it.

~Harry Dean Stanton

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I was offered a series by John Carpenter after I did the movie 'Christine,' and I would've been a leading man after that. I would have played a private investigator. And I was offered a great deal - I would be involved in the direction, casting, everything, and whatever. It was whatever an actor wants, and I didn't take it.

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Molly Ringwald, she's a natural talent. Every girl in this country related to that girl.

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I do the same series of five exercises 21 times each day - an ancient Tibetan practice that stimulates your chakras.

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I was in the Pacific. The Pacific Theater, as they say.

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I sang barber shop harmony and sort of got into performing. And it just came naturally. Then, when I was in college after the war, I did a play, 'Pygmalion,' by George Bernard Shaw. And from then on, I knew that's what I wanted to do.

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Fame in itself is, you know... It involves a whole discussion on just that word, 'fame.' It's a power; it's another degree of power, to be famous. I think it's obvious: you have more influence the more well-known you are. And, hopefully, it's righteously used.

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I've avoided success artfully.

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I liked 'Repo Man.' Satire.

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I like to watch 'Paris, Texas,' but I have no desire to see it. I did it.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: July 14th, 1926

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