American - Actor | July 26, 1922 - December 26, 2000
That's what acting is: really make-believe.
Jason Robards
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I've played all kinds of TV roles, from cowboys to fathers of teenagers. It's helped me a lot. Of course, I was very lucky to have had good directors.
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When I was little, my father was one of the biggest names in Hollywood. Suddenly - and how it happened to him was always a great mystery to me - he wasn't a star anymore; he was on the fringe. From the time I was 14, I was always conscious of a sense of worry, of terrific insecurity - agents, phony talk, the waits for the phone to ring.
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My father has the most tremendous personality and wonderful looks - he looks like Fredric March.
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I got hooked on 'All Things Considered.'
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I sort of go with the flow of what's happening on the set.
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I love the theater because it's alive. It's a beginning, a middle and an end, and it begins a life.
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All I know about acting is that I just have to keep on doing it.
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I go to the theater and dream. You learn your lines, and that gives you the security to allow the imagination and heart to come out.
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I used to just do movies for alimony purposes, between plays.
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That's what interests me about film: directing.
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It doesn't do to eat too much before a performance.
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