There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

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In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you...

In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you...

So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I...

So I was determined to use my last two years in college doing something I...

So in my sophomore year, I took a senior anatomy class. I thought anatomy -...

So in my sophomore year, I took a senior anatomy class. I thought anatomy -...

I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?

I mean, my people were very, very simple. They were peasant people, you know?

My grandmother had the most dramatic effect on my life because she set me in...

My grandmother had the most dramatic effect on my life because she set me in...

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond.

We children learned responsibility automatically.

We children learned responsibility automatically.

My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic...

My grandmother though, began to prepare in her own neurotic - and I think psychotic...

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I...

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I...

I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm...

I don't ever want to be a sentimentalist. I prefer to be a realist. I'm...

You don't build a bond without being present.

You don't build a bond without being present.

I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance,...

I think the extent to which I have any balance at all, any mental balance,...

Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.

Acting is not about anything romantic, not even fantasy, although you do create fantasy.

When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two...

When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two...

Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to...

Once you begin to explain or excuse all events on racial grounds, you begin to...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

Just so you know, there's a space that only you can fill. Just so you...

Just so you know, there's a space that only you can fill. Just so you...

I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he...

I knew real show business from my father, who had been an actor since he...

So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk....

So by the time I got to Michigan I was a stutterer. I couldn't talk....

So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department.

So in my junior year, I switched to the drama department.