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22 quotes by Dabney Coleman

Dabney Wharton Coleman (born January 3, 1932) is an American actor best known for roles in the films 9 to 5, Cloak & Dagger, Tootsie, WarGames, You've Got Mail and on TV as Louis "The Commodore" Kaestner in HBO's Boardwalk Empire and the voice of Principal Prickly in the animated series Recess.
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There is something about New York City that in and of itself is so theatrical hat I use to think... I use to feel when I walked out of my apartment... →

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No not pigeon holed me as an actor, or as a character, or as to what I could do - but what I would do... and the fact is the things you don't do... →

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But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny little guy that I invented over a weekend, because I realized I was not... →

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But movies as much as anything developed what I thought was right and wrong, what was honorable, what wasn't, what was funny what wasn't...... →

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I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting student - he should not go in to... →

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I work with Sally and I can see Sally doing that. She is very aggressive. Very fun loving and charming... and pushy in a very competitive way and a... →

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The next night I got on an airplane, and flew to New York and looked into acting schools. Four or five acting schools. One of which was the... →

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I think is very beneficial to relax yourself so that when you are doing it you are not staggering for lines and your concentration is not on what I... →

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But I did make some money doing commercials. I did fourteen in one year.

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But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.

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I did two or three plays every summer.

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I didn't have any extra money. But I can't say that I had a hard early career.

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I have worked with some great directors.

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