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I don't need a critic to tell me I'm an actor. I make my own way. Nobody's my boss. Nobody's ever been my boss.

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Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free.

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If I thought a man had never committed a sin in his life, I don't think I'd want to talk with him. A man with flaws is more interesting.

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Fifteen years ago, I suffered a stroke, which caused me to lose my speech. Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? I work with a speech therapist twice a week.

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Sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say, 'You're bright!' They're actually surprised I might be bright.

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I love talking to interesting people - people like O.J. Simpson, Andretti... I love champions. A champion has something special about him.

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I didn't start out to be a movie star. I started out to be an actor.

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My first job was on Broadway. Then I went into the Navy. When I came out of the Navy, I went back to Broadway and a friend of mine, Lauren Bacall, was in Hollywood filming with Humphrey Bogart. She told one of her producers I was great in my play, and he saw it and cast me in 'The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'.

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My mother, we were a very poor family. When I was a kid, we would be in our little room, and there would be a knock on the door almost every night with a hobo begging for food. Even though we didn't even have enough to eat, my mother always found something to give them.

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When I first came to Hollywood, the blacklist was just starting, and they were having hearings in Washington. What most people don't know is the judge of these hearings himself was later convicted of misappropriation. 'Spartacus' helped break the blacklist, because Spartacus was a real character.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: December 9th, 1916

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