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" My age and my phone number are both unlisted. "
Robert Osborne
Both
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Age
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" I always felt that Bette Davis was one of the great screen actresses who never really got her due - she won two Oscars, but the last was in 1938, and that was really before all the great work that she did. "
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" I did love 'The Artist.' I've seen it four times, and every time I see it, it gets better and better. "
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" For some reason, the movies in the '40s have the best personalities: Jimmy Stewart, Gary Cooper, Betty Grable, Gene Tierney, and all those people. For some reason, I seem to gravitate more toward the '40s, and I don't necessarily know why. I just love the people. "
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" When I was growing up, you'd read about actors, and they'd never tell you their age and how much they made a year as part of their definition. "
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" When Orson Welles was acting in 'Compulsion,' the director Richard Fleischer let him just take over and direct the courtroom scenes. To be able to see Welles - who knew more about directing than anyone - direct himself and the other actors, it was unbelievable and unforgettable. "
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" If I didn't have my little schedule book, I wouldn't get out of bed in the morning. "
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" I'm 77. The only reason I'm ever shy about it is that people tend to think of you in terms of what they think that age is. I certainly don't feel any different than I did when I was 35, and my energy seems to be more than it was then. "
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" I would be surprised if they gave Meryl Streep her third Oscar for a film as light as 'Julie and Julia,' although, of course, Katharine Hepburn's third Oscar came with a very light performance from her in 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.' "
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" I was shaped by the heroes in the films I saw, which you always want to emulate and be like. I wanted to be like Alan Ladd, Gary Cooper, Jimmy Stewart. "
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" I think 'Elf' is funny, with Will Ferrell. That's a great Christmas movie. "
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Will
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Think
" There's a lot of movies that aren't all about Christmas, or where Christmas isn't the focus, but have that spirit of Christmas in them. I love that sequence in 'Auntie Mame,' where she's in the department store, sewing at Macy's, and she doesn't know how to do anything but fill out a form as 'cash on delivery!' "
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Love
Movies
Christmas
" The British 'A Night to Remember' is so beautifully done and so well-constructed. "
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British
Night
Done
" In a business like the movie business, you're going to have a lot of people competing. Somebody is always coming behind them who wants their job. Being an actor is like being in quicksand: whatever you do, it disappears very quickly. You have to keep reminding people. "
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Business
People
Always
" I did see 'Gravity,' but I don't have the enthusiasm to go see a movie as often as I used to go. "
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Used
Did
Go
" As a kid growing up in a small town in Washington State, my only exposure to New York City was through movies. The town with its towering skyscrapers, fascinating people and teeming energy absolutely captivated me. "
Robert Osborne
City
Energy
New York
" I always knew I was going to be successful in some way with films. I don't know why. I had no particular talent, but I always knew I was going to be sitting in a dining room with Lucille Ball and at a cocktail party with Bette Davis. "
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Sitting
Know
Party
" My folks were busy. My dad was a teacher, and it was during the Second World War, and my mother was working. So I got my stories from films and books. I read a lot, and I love to read to this day. "
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Mother
World
War
" I think Kennedy being assassinated changed the world. That shot changed everything about America, and made us cynical, made people discontent and angry. "
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Angry
Us
World
" I think there's something about traveling in airplanes all the time that's not the healthiest thing in the world for you. "
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Time
" I liked 'The Help,' and I love Viola Davis. But I didn't think that film was a great film; I thought that was a very uneven film. I thought the Southern women were so caricatured that it was kind of like 'Harper Valley PTA' or something like that. "
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" I went to California at a perfect time... when many of those people that I had admired so much in films were not working that much. They had free time on their hands to talk to... me, and they liked me because I knew so much about them. "
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Me
Time
Perfect
" Seeing New York in the movies is what made me want to live in Manhattan one day. I eventually got my wish, and the city has never disappointed me. "
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Day
Live
Me
" I love to be able to meet people who are successful, and I love them not because they're successful, but usually people who are successful have qualities that make them interesting to be around. "
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Love
Interesting
" I'd worked for, during one period, for a PR firm, and for a while Rock Hudson was a client of ours, so I knew him well, and I knew when he had AIDS, that he had AIDS, but I would not write about that. "
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" For a lot of filmmakers, their first goal is to be successful and make some money. But once people start doing that, the real goal is then to win an Academy Award. Because when they do, they know that their obit is going to start out, 'Academy Award winner so-and-so.' "
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Award
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" If they didn't have an Oscar for people to shoot for, all they'd do is be making 'Dumb And Dumber' again and again. "
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Dumb
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" I'm very enthusiastic about the Academy Awards because if there were no Oscars, we wouldn't have as many good movies as we do have. "
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Movies
Many
" The weird thing with 'Kismet' is that Vincente Minnelli didn't know what to do with a Cinemascope camera for that film - so he never moved it! It's like in the old days when sound first came in and was so complicated that the camera just sat there. There are hardly any close-ups in 'Kismet,' so everything's at a bit of a distance. "
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" There comes a time when even icons, if they choose to do so, should be allowed to enjoy life out of the spotlight. "
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