If you survive long enough, you're revered - rather like an old building.
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My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate.Katharine Hepburn
Life's what's important. Walking, houses, family. Birth and pain and joy. Acting's just waiting for a custard pie. That's all.
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Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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You don't pick who you fall in love with. There are so few people to love. It's hard for one adult to even like another. Almost impossible.
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Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
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We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
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