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The greatest actor of the century, and lucky he was out of politics before TV. Like William Jennings Bryan, he could never have read from cue cards.

— Edward G. Robinson

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He's the greatest bull artist in the world—and only occasionally the greatest artist in the world.

I hated every minute of it and couldn't stop crying.

On Love Story (1970)

Did it ever occur to anyone how boring his pictures are?

I think he, Christ and Marx are responsible for the world being the way it is—and I confer my thanks upon all of them, as I withhold it.

The first symptom is that hair grows on your ears. It's very disconcerting.

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