"Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and all other private gratifications."

-- Richard Steele

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“I have worked with some great directors.”
“What interests me is to paint the kind of antisensitivity that impregnates modern civilization. I think art since Cezanne has become extremely romantic and unrealistic, feeding on art. It is Utopian. It has less and less to do with the world. It looks inward - neo-Zen and all that. Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesn't look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself.”
“I think when you're a mom and an actor, it forces you to leave any actor neuroses behind and just concentrate on the work.”
“It's going to be over soon, so I don't really have time to get busy.”

Source : "How Can Women Make Beauty Last, Inside and Out?". Larry King Live, edition.cnn.com. June 8, 2000.
“Those who want to know what sound goes into my music should come to NY and open their ears.”
“Actors are basically drag queens. People will tell you they act because they want to heal mankind or, you know, explore the nature of the human psyche. Yes, maybe. But basically we just want to put on a frock and dance.”

Source : "Firth: 'All Actors Are Drag Queens'" by wenn.com, July 21, 2008.
“It doesn't feel like a date. It doesn't feel like friendship. It feels like something that fell off the tightrope but hasn't yet hit the net.”
“I have never in my life seen a Kentuckian who didn't have a gun, a pack of cards, and a jug of whiskey.”

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