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" All of these stories bounced around in my mind for a long time. "

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" Well, I go to the theater today, and its curtain - there is no curtain in this play; the lights go down and go up - and we start. And I live this character for two hours. There are only two of us in the play. And It's a complete experience. "

" So I wanted to show what I did with the money. So I got red silk shirts, beautiful hats, wonderful saddles, a great horse, and two gold teeth. So that was the way I did it. "

" Well, I was getting a lot of money then, and I wasn't getting any Hollywood films, so I just did those. I'd always do a play in between. Whenever I ran low on funds, I'd always rush off to do a movie somewhere. "

" But Clint I love, because Clint was my mentor. I knew nothing about making an Italian movie. "

" And I did Batman, too. I did Mr. Freeze. I get more mail for him than anything I've ever done. "

" I never lost my appetite for acting. "

" I never dreamed I would do Westerns. "

" My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven. "

" I met my wife and, for the next ten years, we did no films at all. She did the first movie and then I did several after. My first movie was written by Tennessee Williams and directed by Kazan and was called Baby Doll. "

" Yes, I won the Bafta. I thought the British were very intelligent. "

" Even if I don't want to slow down, I'm slowing down. "

" The big secret in acting is listening to people. "

" My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own. "

" What is it in my makeup that makes me grab any offer and fly around the world? Will I ever be satisfied? Can't I ever just rest? "

" I always end up being the evil one, and I wouldn't hurt a fly. "

" Well, I've maybe gotten 200 requests for interviews about Marilyn, and I just decided I'm gonna do my own. "

" And then the first was The Misfits, which I enjoyed very much, with Marilyn and Gable. "

" When I saw the movie, I said, I wish I had heard the music. I would have ridden the horse differently. "

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" I was an original member of the Actors' Studio. "

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" But I went to the University of Texas in the 30s, and while there I learned to ride. Mostly polo ponies. "

" Having the critics praise you is like having the hangman say you've got a pretty neck. "

" This country has a complex about age. It's unbelievable. If you're over thirty, you've had it in this country. "

" And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done. "