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" There are only three indispensable things: the audience, the actor and the author. The rest is dross. "
Peter O'Toole
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Three
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" I suggest that an education and reading and facts aren't bad things on which to ponder a few notions. "
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" It's a razor's edge, a romance with an old man and a young woman. "
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" It's such a relief for me to sit in front of a tape recorder and not be using it to learn my lines. "
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" In my day England, Scotland, Wales had 80 drama schools. There are none left. So there's no training, no discipline. "
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" If I'm not at my study by 10:00, 10:30, forget it, I can't write a word. "
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" Actors have to stay optimistic. The moment we start thinking otherwise, we're dead. "
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" I have unqualified admiration for Brad Pitt. "
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" I wouldn't mind being a lord. "
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" I'm not a French singer. "
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" I saw a man killed in front of my eyes just before my eighth birthday. "
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" All the minor sports injuries you acquire over the years begin to multiply like flies when you get over 70. "
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" I'm Irish. That means I'm Catholic. But, truth is, now I'm a retired Christian. "
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" Money is always a pressure. "
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" I'm a working stiff, baby, just like everybody else. "
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" If I'd known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself. "
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" Life turned out much better than I thought. I knew after a little while that I could act. "
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" I take whatever good part comes along. "
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" Right after I left drama school, I had a job. "
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" No one can take Jesus away from me. There's no doubt there was a historical figure of tremendous importance, with enormous notions. Such as peace. "
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