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I didn't start out to be a mo...

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

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My mother, we were a very poo...

My mother, we were a very poor family. When I was a kid, we would be in our little room, and there would be a knock on the door almost every night with a hobo begging for food. Even though we didn't even have enough to eat, my mother always found something to give them.

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Being second generation in Ho...

Being second generation in Hollywood is complicated: Success is expected, and yet the track record of the second generation is not great. Only a small group of us, like Jane Fonda, have succeeded.

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Virtue is not photogenic, so ...

Virtue is not photogenic, so I liked playing bad guys. But, whenever I played a bad guy, I tried to find something good in him, and that kept my contact with the audience.

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My four sons all knew I was a...

My four sons all knew I was a Jew, but they were allowed to be whatever they wanted to be. The only thing important to me was that they be good people who help other people, because all religion should try to make you a better person and a more caring person. Whenever religion does that for you, it's a good religion.

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All my life, I have taken inv...

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.'

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I love talking to interesting...

I love talking to interesting people - people like O.J. Simpson, Andretti... I love champions. A champion has something special about him.

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You know, you have to have so...

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

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People are composed of many t...

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?

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I was living in a terrible ti...

I was living in a terrible time when people were being accused of being communists, and they attacked the movie industry, especially the writers. People couldn't work if they were on the blacklist. The studios banned them. It was the most onerous period in movie history. I don't think we have ever had a period so dark as that.

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God bless Dad, he came to eve...

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.'

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Cancer does give you a new re...

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.

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Sometimes an interviewer will...

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

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The learning process continue...

The learning process continues until the day you die.

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I came from abject poverty. T...

I came from abject poverty. There was nowhere to go but up.

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When you have a stroke, you m...

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!

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No matter how bad things are,...

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.

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I studied Judaism a lot. I st...

I studied Judaism a lot. I studied religion in general, and I have never imposed my Judaism on my kids. They are what they want to be. I think... you must care for others. That's the correct religion, I think.

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Why can't a woman be more lik...

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

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I was not a very good Jew. I ...

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

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