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Charles Grodin Quotes

American - Actor | April 21, 1935 -

With me, personal relationships are like my religion. I care that deeply about them. I am the complete opposite of a manipulative smoothie.

Religion I Am Me Care Personal Like

Good acting is thinking in front of the camera. I just do that and apply a sense of humor to it. You have to trust the audience to get it.

Good Trust Humor Thinking Camera

I don't accept what people say. I took something to be copied recently, to be enlarged and blown up, and they said it couldn't be done, and I went somewhere five minutes away, and they did it.

People Said Done Say Accept Up

I wouldn't even dare read the Torah, let alone attempt a witty observation on the Torah.

Alone Dare Observation Witty Torah

I never mean to be disrespectful, and I don't mean to be a wise guy.

Wise Never Mean Guy Disrespectful

I don't miss acting. I don't even see movies. I don't see plays. I don't watch television.

Television Acting Movies See Watch

I would rather people take me as straightforward and not have to wonder if I'm kidding or not. Because what I have to say, and what I'm interested in doing and communicating, is worthwhile enough that I don't want to muck it up with people being confused about where I'm really coming from.

People Me Confused Doing Enough Say

I don't want to have anything to do with the government. And yet if we don't have any regulations, there goes civilization, there goes security, and there goes protecting you against what people are going to sell you.

Government People You Security Want

I started in movies in 1963, and the first big one was 'Rosemary's Baby' in 1967. While you don't notice it right away, it finally dawns on you that 80% of the time, you're doing nothing.

Time Baby Doing You Movies Nothing

I enjoy comedic things. People don't understand it's the hardest thing to do. We have a ratio of 25-to-1 between good dramatic actors and people who are considered good comic actors.

Good People Enjoy Understand Things

I do everything from home. I broadcast commentaries for CBS News Radio every day - from home, on a disk that I mail in. I write a weekly op-ed piece for the 'New York Daily News,' and any books or plays or movies that I'm crazy enough to write, I do that from home.

Home Daily Day New York Crazy New

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