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" I'm an actor; I have made my living by acting, and I almost think I owe it to the public to express my feelings and not as a character on a screen but as myself. "

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" 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. "

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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. "

" Love has more depth as you get older. "

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" 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. "

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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. "

" 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. "

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

" I was conscious of my father's fame from the time I was 6. "

" What would my parents think about America if they arrived here today? Would they even want to come? I wonder. "

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

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

" People are composed of many things, and in my work, what influences me is the complexity of people - the chiaroscuro of dark and light. When I play a strong guy, I try to find, where is he weak? And, conversely, when I play a weak guy, where is he strong? "

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" Acting is a youthful profession. "

" 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'. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" You know, sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say - you're bright! They're actually surprised I might be bright. "

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" I have studied religion, and I have concluded that there is some power. We don't understand it. "

" I guess I was a bad boy... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life. "

" I studied Judaism a lot. I studied religion in general, and I have never imposed my Judaism on my kids. They are what they want to be. I think... you must care for others. That's the correct religion, I think. "

" All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor. "

" My four sons all knew I was a Jew, but they were allowed to be whatever they wanted to be. The only thing important to me was that they be good people who help other people, because all religion should try to make you a better person and a more caring person. Whenever religion does that for you, it's a good religion. "

" I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians. "

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

" My mother, we were a very poor family. When I was a kid, we would be in our little room, and there would be a knock on the door almost every night with a hobo begging for food. Even though we didn't even have enough to eat, my mother always found something to give them. "