"I don't claim to be gifted or talented, brilliant or funny. I have my own unique way of doing things that probably isn't the brightest, but I have never claimed it to be so. I only know that it is my way. I dislike authority, and I almost never take anyone's advice. I have an open disdain for teachers and I despise classes. I realize that this manner of thought is not necessarily wise, and it probably won't help me become rich or famous or a star, but I have never claimed that it will."

"I have always been true to my own persistence, and I thank God for my lack of fear of doing things badly. Failure is one of the few things in which I excel. It is possible that this is my own breed of madness, for this I am uncertain. I don't neglect my instincts, and as a result, have journeyed through some obscure and frightening places. I've learned to laugh at my own stupidity and foibles and the fact that I am cognizant of them. I decline all suggestion that I alter my state of being to fit someone else's idea of what an actor should be. "

"I love this absurd and wonderful business and all it's idiosyncrasies. I refuse to call it a craft, however, because for me it is not. For me, it's home. The only place I've ever truly belonged, perhaps because I have never belonged to anyone or anything else..."

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