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" I had a wonderful career. "
Robert Duvall
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" The greatest king of Israel, King David, the author of the Psalms, sent a man out to die in battle so that he could sleep with his wife. "
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" Well, I had a wonderful career. "
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" Art is competitive. "
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" I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character. "
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" I'll keep on acting 'til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like to do different parts and diverse characters. I haven't lost my enthusiasm yet! "
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" My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a great general. "
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" It's like kids playing house: 'You play the father, I'll play the mother.' You know, you dress up, you play, they pay, you go home. It's a game - acting's a game. "
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" I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience. "
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" You just can't take a crash course to be a tango dancer in a movie. "
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" I like the good feeling movies. "
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" I don't have many people showing up at my door. Very few people come out. When they do, I get a little suspicious. I live way up on a hill, way, way back in the country. "
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" Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking. "
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