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It was amazing that a play that seems dated in this world... A man whose best friend is a six-foot white rabbit... But it caught on, especially with young people - they surprised me most of all.

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Frank called me one day and said, 'I have an idea for a movie, why don't you come over and I'll tell you?' So I went over and we sat down and he said, 'This picture starts in heaven'. That shook me.

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We had an apartment on west side of Central Park. The rent was very reasonable. We found out later that it belonged to a gangster called Legs Diamond and it was a front to his headquarters. It was fine.

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If I had my career over again? Maybe I'd say to myself, speed it up a little.

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I sort of got into Westerns... It was a sort of desperation move, really. I had several pictures that didn't go very well, and I just realised that I would have to try something else.

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I always told Hitch that it would have been better to put seats around the set and sell tickets.

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Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show.

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One time they traded me for seven horses. Seven stunt horses.

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I'd like to do Harvey again. I did it two years ago with Helen Hayes in New York. It was a joy. I was so glad to do it again because I never thought I did it right the first time.

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I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, 'Who's that?' But this got me started in acting.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: May 20th, 1908

Died: July 2nd, 1997

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