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" I hope there's a tinge of disgrace about me. Hopefully, there's one good scandal left in me yet. "

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" Mostly what you remember and enjoy are the scenes you played with people. And quite often, they're the combative scenes! "

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" Many years ago, when I was working on Broadway, I used to go to a drug rehabilitation centre on Sundays. I didn't lecture them against the perils of drug-taking; I gave them drama therapy. "

" Classes were incredibly boring. I took to dreaming. They took to punishing me. I was always working off punishments for not doing what I was supposed to do. "

" I've been utterly and completely castigated from time to time. "

From Time To Time

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" I was nice and well-mannered because I was taught manners. I was very imaginative and quite adventurous. I was a tomboy, and I was always jealous that my older brother Hugh had bigger toy aeroplanes than me. I was always playing with boys' toys; I don't remember owning any dolls. "

" I regard bed as my best friend. "

" I cry all the time. Remembrance Day in particular. In fact, anything to do with veterans makes me sob. "