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" I was not a very good Jew. I never practised what Judaism tells you to do, to teach your kids all about Judaism. "

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" I think religion has caused so much catastrophe in the world. "

" My first job was on Broadway. Then I went into the Navy. When I came out of the Navy, I went back to Broadway and a friend of mine, Lauren Bacall, was in Hollywood filming with Humphrey Bogart. She told one of her producers I was great in my play, and he saw it and cast me in 'The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'. "

" Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive. "

" When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does. "

" Virtue is not photogenic, so I liked playing bad guys. But, whenever I played a bad guy, I tried to find something good in him, and that kept my contact with the audience. "

" No matter how bad things are, they can always be worse. So what if my stroke left me with a speech impediment? Moses had one, and he did all right. "

" Acting is make-believe. I never believe I'm the character; I want you to believe. "

" Love has more depth as you get older. "

" Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody. "

" When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back. "

" You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity. "

" I didn't start out to be a movie star. I started out to be an actor. "

" If I thought a man had never committed a sin in his life, I don't think I'd want to talk with him. A man with flaws is more interesting. "

" Listen - pacemaker, crash, stroke. What does it mean? God doesn't want me now. That's all. "

" Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things. "

" I was living in a terrible time when people were being accused of being communists, and they attacked the movie industry, especially the writers. People couldn't work if they were on the blacklist. The studios banned them. It was the most onerous period in movie history. I don't think we have ever had a period so dark as that. "

" I have one computer that my wife gave me. All I know how to do, and I do it every day, is play Spider Solitaire. And I don't have a cell phone. "

" I have been an actor for most of my life. When I started out, I didn't think about anything except what was good for me. Like many movie stars, I became all wrapped up in myself. "

" Too often, I have not been what I wanted to be; I've succumbed to pressures. Yes, I have. The things I've done that I liked, I've always done against advice. "

" People are always talking about the old days. They say that the old movies were better, that the old actors were so great. But I don't think so. All I can say about the old days is that they have passed. "

" In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail. "

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" I love talking to interesting people - people like O.J. Simpson, Andretti... I love champions. A champion has something special about him. "

" Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more. "

" Being second generation in Hollywood is complicated: Success is expected, and yet the track record of the second generation is not great. Only a small group of us, like Jane Fonda, have succeeded. "

" If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married. "

" If I have to speak in public, I am terrified. "