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" It was Howard Hawks who changed my life. "

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" The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm in control of every situation. I'm rarely in control of any situation. "

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" It's just a fact of life that I don't think I've ever been taken particularly seriously in movies by movie makers. I don't know why. "

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" A woman isn't complete without a man. But where do you find a man - a real man - these days? "

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