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" With a play, you do it and it's gone. Films always date. Television drama always dates. Television comedy, for some reason, seems to go on. "
Penelope Keith
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" The character I play in Star Quality says acting is the be-all and end-all of her life. I'm not like that. I do enjoy working and I give every job my best shot but I never feel, What on Earth am I going to do now? "
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