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Acting is not an important job in the scheme of things. Plumbing is.

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Know your lines and don't bump into the furniture.

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I couldn't be a director because I couldn't put up with the actors. I don't have the patience. Why, I'd probably kill the actors. Not to mention some of the beautiful actresses.

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Concentrate, don't embroider.

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It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it.

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I'm disappointed in acting as a craft. I want everything to go back to Orson Welles and fake noses and changing your voice. It's become so much about personality.

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This mug of mine is as plain as a barn door. Why should people pay 35 cents to look at it?

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Acting to me is always reacting.

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Acting is not the noblest profession in the world, but there are things lower than acting. Not many, mind you - but politicians give you something to look down on from time to time.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: April 5th, 1900

Died: June 10th, 1967

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