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" It wasn't so much that I was all alone on stage, but it was the realization of how much you need the response-you need the audience to tell you where to go. "

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" You only know what you know. "

" Television is hard work. It's all hard work. Theatre is hard work. I tell you, I have bruises from changing backstage. Those quick changes are really difficult. "

" My parents didn't want me to go into show business. They were afraid of what would happen if I didn't succeed. They wanted me to get married and have babies. I never saw marriage and family in my life. "

" Remember this about the Korean War: The men were drafted; the women volunteered. "

" Telling parents in New Jersey you want to act isn't exactly like telling them you want to be a doctor or a dentist. There are no guarantees. It's hard, but all the arts are. Can you imagine the pain of writer's block? "

" If you care enough, you make a difference. "

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" Hot Lips changed a lot in eleven years. Initially, Margaret Houlihan behaved as though a man were the only thing that could complete her life, and she didn't see what richness her life contained. She gained a lot of self-esteem through the years, and she came to realize that what she did, what she offered, was valuable. "

" Watching movies was like going to school for me. It still is. You're always learning. Even if it's bad, you're learning what not to do. "

" I've played some great ladies. Mame. Agnes Gooch in 'Mame,' when I started out in the '60s... it's a beautiful role. "

" I'm a movie buff. My mom would take me to a double feature. We'd come out, go have Chinese food, and then go back into another cinema and see another double feature. I feel I'm a child of the movies. "

" It's never too late to go out and get that feeling back. "

" Shirley Valentine is a beautiful character and so well written. What Shirley speaks and thinks is so logical. "

" Animals are thinking, feeling creatures. They're sensitive. "

" Actors are always identified with certain parts. To some, Marlon Brando will always be the Godfather. That's just how it is, whether the character happens to be your own personal favorite role or not. You can't ever get away from it. "

" I'm an art collector, have been for years, and I paint. Needless to say, the artwork in my houses, apartment is extensive. "

" I just can't remember a time when I wasn't involved with animals and wildlife. "

" I love being creative in all forms. "

" I never really thought it out. I just woke up one day, and I was involved in all these projects. They just seemed to involve animals. "

" We should be able to be ourselves. Make a political stand if you want to. "

" I have certain strong interests that fill my life as well. "

" M*A*S*H offered real characters and everybody identified with them because they had such soul. The humor was intelligent and it always assumed that you had an intellect. "

" If you're 90 and look good in a mini-skirt, go for it. What is 'age appropriate'? Such nonsense. My mother lived to 106, so what's middle-age? Seventy is the new 50. "

" I felt like I was flying without a net. But once I realized that the audience was my partner, I was flying a jet, because the people would allow me to develop the character on stage. "

" Everybody has their thing. I think you can always do what you like. "

" Our planet is dying. Whales will be extinct before we ever get to know them. They say these creatures are so intelligent. They may disappear from the face of the Earth before we know them, and that is a great tragedy. "

" When I left the house to become an actress, my mother literally flung her body across the door and said, 'You're killing me!' It was a very strict household. That can be okay, but there was also no nourishment, either. "

" I don't eat or wear animals, but I never tell people not to - that's just my view. "

" I don't think we should be deprived of the privilege of free speech. "

" I haven't met a horse I didn't love. I love caring for them, cleaning them. I love doing my own tack and giving them treats. "