Charles Grodin Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“It's hard for me to answer a question from someone who really doesn't care about the answer.”
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“I wouldn't even dare read the Torah, let alone attempt a witty observation on the Torah.”
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“I would rather people take me as straightforward and not have to wonder if I'm kidding or not. Because what I have to say, and what I'm interested in doing and communicating, is worthwhile enough that I don't want to muck it up with people being confused about where I'm really coming from.”
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“I don't accept what people say. I took something to be copied recently, to be enlarged and blown up, and they said it couldn't be done, and I went somewhere five minutes away, and they did it.”
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“I never mean to be disrespectful, and I don't mean to be a wise guy.”
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“With me, personal relationships are like my religion. I care that deeply about them. I am the complete opposite of a manipulative smoothie.”
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“I do everything from home. I broadcast commentaries for CBS News Radio every day - from home, on a disk that I mail in. I write a weekly op-ed piece for the 'New York Daily News,' and any books or plays or movies that I'm crazy enough to write, I do that from home.”
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“Good acting is thinking in front of the camera. I just do that and apply a sense of humor to it. You have to trust the audience to get it.”
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“I enjoy comedic things. People don't understand it's the hardest thing to do. We have a ratio of 25-to-1 between good dramatic actors and people who are considered good comic actors.”
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