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My father could never get it through his head that acting was honorable work for a man. Even when I was making $7,500 a week, he stubbornly kept saying, "What kind of a job is that for a fellow six feet tall, weighs 195 pounds?"

— Clark Gable

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The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great — and they know I know it.

The Routledge Dictionary of Quotations (1987)

I'm no actor and I never have been. What people see on the screen is me.

I worked like a son of a bitch to learn a few tricks and I fight like a steer to avoid getting stuck with parts I can't play.

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