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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 was not a very good Jew. I never practised what Judaism tells you to do, to teach your kids all about Judaism. "

" You know, you have to have some inner philosophy to deal with adversity. "

" If you want to know about a man you can find out an awful lot by looking at who he married. "

" 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. "

" Why can't a woman be more like a dog, huh? So sweet, loving, attentive. "

" All my life, I have taken inventory at intervals. For example, when I became a movie actor and suddenly I had to deal with fame, money and playing so many roles, I lost myself. I said, 'Who am I?' And I wrote my first book to deal with that, 'The Ragman's Son.' "

" God bless Dad, he came to every one of my shows. I was bad, and I had horrible stage fright. My dad was so relieved - he'd say, 'You were terrible; this kid is not going to be an actor.' Finally, I did a play and he said, 'Son - you were really good.' "

" I didn't think I was so tough until I did 'Champion'; then I was a tough guy. "

" Sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say, 'You're bright!' They're actually surprised I might be bright. "

" 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. "

" Too often, I have not been what I wanted to be; I've succumbed to pressures. Yes, I have. The things I've done that I liked, I've always done against advice. "

" 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. "

" It's tough to make a movie about movies... We're all too close to it. But 'The Bad and the Beautiful' was very good. "

" All children are natural actors, and I'm still a kid. If you grow up completely, you can never be an actor. "

" Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free. "

" I have studied religion, and I have concluded that there is some power. We don't understand it. "

" 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! "

" I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians. "

" People are composed of many things, and in my work, what influences me is the complexity of people - the chiaroscuro of dark and light. When I play a strong guy, I try to find, where is he weak? And, conversely, when I play a weak guy, where is he strong? "

" Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? "

" People are always talking about the old days. They say that the old movies were better, that the old actors were so great. But I don't think so. All I can say about the old days is that they have passed. "

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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. "

" I didn't start out to be a movie star. I started out to be an actor. "

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" Cancer does give you a new rejuvenation. I know what it's like to be down. I lost a couple of good friends - Larry Hagman and Nick Ashford - who had the same type of cancer that I did, and that makes you think. "

" 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. "

" Acting is make-believe. I never believe I'm the character; I want you to believe. "