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When I began to act, I was about 6 years old. Everything you learned, every period of history you studied, you did a play about it.

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I try to find humor in everything I do, because I think all great plays - even great tragedies - have enormous humor in them.

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I grew up in a house where language was appreciated and cared about. I'm sure that, although I wasn't aware of it at the time, it must have made an impression on me.

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How do people who live utterly alone survive? There are so many things that won't open. I've got a few dresses in New York, and I can somehow get them on, but I can't get them off.

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If I had a religious belief, I would want it to be as strong as my belief in the theater.

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People say, 'How can you stay in a play for a long time?' I say, 'The audience is never the same.'

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I know I'm funny, because I'm eccentric, I'm odd. I'm not what you expect.

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The kind of acting I love is when you watch and you discover what you think perhaps you weren't supposed to see: the chink in the armor.

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I almost never go to the theatre without seeing someone I've taught or known at Juilliard.

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Theatre is where I am confident and happy.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actress

Born: August 23rd, 1928

Died: October 6th, 2014

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