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" I'm a very private person who grew up with a strict German mother who believed 'loose lips sink ships.' "

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" People believe what they want to believe. "

" A lot has been written about Tony Perkins and myself and I figured, Let's get it straight. I had a relationship with Tony for two to three years, but those are only threads in the tapestry of my whole life. "

" The people that really were important, that mattered, had a great foundation. I had no training. I had to learn while doing, and it was really difficult. "

" My sexuality is only a thread of the tapestry of my life. "

" I did Polyester, and I don't regret one minute of it. It was wonderful. "

" All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad. "

" I hate labels. "

" I lived in those old movie houses as a kid. I just loved them. What total escapism for someone. "

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" I'm very proud of 'That Kind of Woman' with Sophia Loren, directed by Sidney Lumet, and I loved doing 'Gunman's Walk' because I finally got to play a bad guy. "

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" Divine was like a 400-pound beached whale. He was one of my favorite leading ladies, I've got to tell you. He was really terrific. "

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" I've been a very, very fortunate man. I've had a lot of highs - and a great deal of lows. "

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" I'd work for John Waters again, because he's so off the wall. "