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I used to spend most of my time straining to be a nice guy so people would like me.


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What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.



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The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.



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Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.



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Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.



I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.



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