"There are some actors today full of their own importance. They forget that years ago actors were not even second-class citizens. Back then, long before an actor learned makeup, he learned pickpocketing. It's publicity, and all that has made the actor's economic lot a lot better. And being on television has replaced pickpocketing. But I still don't know why actors have become so confoundedly important or why, for example, anybody would be interested in what I have to say. Who am I? Who are other actors? Especially with so many really important people around with really important things to say. Why aren't teachers and professors as awe-inspiring with the public as actors? What they do is certainly a bigger contribution to the welfare of society than what actors do."
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, as quoted in "Actor Doesn't See Why Fans Look Up to Stars" by Ben Kubasik, in Newsday (23 August 1960)
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