American - Actress | August 22, 1940 -
I had always wanted a steady job in this business, a show that lasted.
Valerie Harper
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Actors often want to look like they're comfortable. You want to go into an audition saying, 'I'm your gal. I'm what you need.' Yet you don't want to push.
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I've always done character roles and tons of movies as the so-called star, but I always felt I was one of the team.
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I never did stand-up. If I've been funny ever, it was with other actors.
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With imagery, as actors know, you can make up anything you want to. You can put yourself in icy water to get rid of this or that.
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Above all, learn to live when you're dying.
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Sometimes I yell at my cancer cells, sometimes I make myself laugh.
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Talk about a woman of a certain age - Pearl Buck was a great prototype of continuing to work. She was in the hospital dying of cancer, and in the next room was her secretary, typing out her next book.
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I'm talking about enjoying and finding pleasure and interest and happiness and curiosity every moment.
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What we really wanted to call it was 'I Rhoda Book.'
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Knowing that you have something you have to deal with, rising to the occasion, builds character.
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Though I'm 75, I'm not looking forward to death, but it's there for all of us.
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