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" All men are difficult. "
Sharon Gless
Difficult
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" In my early days I was a contract player at Universal and I had a wonderful mentor named Monique James, who was head of talent there, and she used to drag me on sets to do parts. "
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" And they were writing scripts where Christine had hit the glass ceiling. And I always thought Christine would never hit the glass ceiling. I thought her dreams would take her. Maybe her dreams wouldn't take her where she wanted, but she still had her dreams. "
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" I've come to learn that there is a real difference between men and women. It's genetic. "
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" Something just happens when you read a part. You know, if you'd like to do it or if you don't believe it. "
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" Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney. "
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