My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician.
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I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.
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As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand.
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The slapdash way producers used to assemble a show seems a little unbelievable when we talk about them now.
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At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped-and I haven't had a cigarette since.
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Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living.
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