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" Actors today go into TV, which I don't consider has a lot to do with acting. "
Lauren Bacall
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" I'm not tough, and I never have been. I suppose over the years I've built up kind of a veneer to protect myself because I have functioned on my own for a long, long time, and I have never had a lot of flunkies preceding me to clear the way. "
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