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“Actors take risks all the time. We put ourselves on the line. It is creative to be able to interpret someone's words and breathe life into them.”
“When I don't know what the music is going to be for a scene, I imagine some sort of orchestration going on and damned if they don't usually come up with a similar kind of thing.”
“When we want to say something negative to somebody we say, 'Aww, you're so crazy.'”
“If I have any message for others, it is to go for help early and not to be a resistant patient.”
“I knew from a very young age that there was something very wrong with me.”
“The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York, driven to never shut up.”
“I have two books that were published quite some time ago. I start to read about three sentences. I have to close it. I am so self-conscious. Who did I think I was?”
“I have a picture of myself in my mind as I walk around every day, until I look in the mirror-and then I'm stunned.”
“I'm spoiled rotten, as my children would tell you.”
“For the first time, I lived alone... in a luxury apartment on Sunset Strip. For a few days I loved the idea, but I got lonely and restless.”
“The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death.”
“During the rocky times, it never occurred to me that one day I would hold a position of respect and responsibility in the community.”
“The doctors must tell you that one of the risks of surgery is that you might die. This poor doctor was talking to an actress. It was very dramatic to me. To him, it was just a thing he had to say.”
“No matter what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and good timing.”
“Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone.”
“It's toughest to forgive ourselves. So it's probably best to start with other people. It's almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.”
“We have developed this unbelievable ability to deny. We have to. If we didn't, we'd go crazy.”
“I can't tell you what I had for breakfast, but I can sing every single word of rock and roll.”
“As much as I loathe this aging thing, I'm beginning to recognize that I am now a healthier person in terms of self-worth and knowing who I am and where I fit in the world. That's been a good trade-off for the wrinkles.”
“I joke around a lot about the manic times because they're funny. We manics do outrageous things and it is part of our colorful nature.”