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" Hamlet is the result of Shakespeare's work on Brutus. "
Hamlet
Shakespeare
Work
" I actually only speak English and Latin. Medieval philosophy was my major, so we pretty much had to study in Latin. "
Philosophy
Only
Pretty
" I believe that the arts of a culture are terribly important and yet almost indefensible. "
Culture
Important
Believe
" I didn't ever intend to or want to be an actor. I'm not one of those people of whom they say, 'If you can't live without it, that's the only reason you should be an actor.' It was kind of a sideline that became my whole life. "
People
You
Say
" If an L.A. actor is a star or a good face, and they want to get cred by doing a serious Shakespeare play, they will come to New York first. "
New York
Serious
Good
" If I were on 'Survivor,' I might be the first off the island. "
Survivor
Island
First
" I'm an OK singer. "
OK
Singer
" I'm a workaholic, and I know it. And I don't care to deal with it. "
Care
Deal
Know
" I'm here in Hollywood to do film and television and make enough money to get my kids through college. "
College
Film
Money
" I'm making my Broadway musical debut at the age of 73 - it's a kind of interesting career arc. "
Kind
Age
Broadway
" I'm not saying that theatre is a doomed profession, but if a person wants to stay in it very long, they'd better develop theatre skills beyond just acting. "
Saying
Theatre
Long
" I sort of got fooled into acting, actually. I never intended to do it. "
Got
Sort
Acting
" I think there's something about a sylvan setting; you want grass and nature with outdoor Shakespeare. "
I Think
Think
Nature
" Moliere exaggerates common vices of mankind: lust, greed, misanthropy, hypocrisy. We all have a touch of these. "
Common
Lust
Greed
" Often, directors toss playwrights out of rehearsals. "
Toss
Rehearsals
Directors
" 'School for Wives' is Moliere's first step toward grand comedy, but he still has one foot in commedia. "
First
School
Comedy
" Theater is a local art. You perform for the people in the theater that day. "
People
Day
Art
" You can't argue that you have to have art, and prove it to anybody. Why should I give $1,000 to art when there are people starving? Of course, that's true. But just because you can't, theoretically, defend the arts, or make a sensible argument for their preservation, doesn't mean they're not important. "
Argument
Art
Important
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