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" Actors generally get to do things you probably shouldn't do in real life - well, at least as much as one might like to or be tempted to. Though I suppose a lot of actors just go ahead and do it, don't they? "

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" When you think of how history is revealed, we know certain things to be facts at certain periods of time, which turn out not to be so factual as time marches on. "

" It never occurred to me to be an actor. "

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" I don't want to be boring. But that's not always easy. "

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" I have driven school buses, sold egg rolls and painted houses, and I have often wondered what my life would have been like if I hadn't gone into acting. Mind you, it's a great life, going around pretending you're other people and getting paid ridiculous sums of money for it. "

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" I think people seem to sort of associate me with danger. And I don't see that at all. "

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" Fashion is chaotic, and it can be an aggravation, too, but it is at its best when it allows you to express yourself. "

" Quite often - a lot of the work I had done had been extensively with women. Most especially in the theater, but also quite often in the movies. That has its own delights, and maybe pitfalls too. "

" My life before children I don't really remember. I've heard references to it, but I really don't remember. "