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" Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free. "
Kirk Douglas
You
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" Acting is make-believe. I never believe I'm the character; I want you to believe. "
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" You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity. "
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" 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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" When you have a stroke, you must talk slowly to be understood, and I've discovered that when I talk slowly, people listen. They think I'm going to say something important! "
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" What would my parents think about America if they arrived here today? Would they even want to come? I wonder. "
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" I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians. "
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" In order to achieve anything you must be brave enough to fail. "
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" When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back. "
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" If I thought a man had never committed a sin in his life, I don't think I'd want to talk with him. A man with flaws is more interesting. "
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" 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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" Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more. "
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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 never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted. "
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" 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. "
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" When I first came to Hollywood, the blacklist was just starting, and they were having hearings in Washington. What most people don't know is the judge of these hearings himself was later convicted of misappropriation. 'Spartacus' helped break the blacklist, because Spartacus was a real character. "
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" Fifteen years ago, I suffered a stroke, which caused me to lose my speech. Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? I work with a speech therapist twice a week. "
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" 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. "
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