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I think my childhood, in a way, went on too long. It went on... it went a bit too long on film. It went on a bit too long in my own consciousness, and... that was a lot to do with the fact that I sensed people didn't particularly want me to become an adult, and that's when your sensible, steady family background comes in. But, um, it was my life, and that's the life I have. That was, that was my particular experience of, of growing up. And I am everything that I am now, and all my experiences have brought me here. And... (long pause) so, that's how it was suppose to be.
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If ever I feel I might be able to tackle it, I'd love to try holding a spear or something in the theater, or opening a door, or anything, just to try it, you know, because it must be some marvelous magic
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It's like finding oneself amongst friends. People look at you as if they like you. That is, until they actually get to know you.
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Working with Daddy - it's sort of like playing tennis against somebody, instead of just hitting them into a hedge where they sort of go in, you know.
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You are either old souls who connect and share the same interest... or you are not.
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I mean, there's not an awful lot of limelight. Perhaps at premieres and the pictures and the people; that's all exciting. But the actual work, like today: it's just work; it's just the work I happen to do instead of going to an office and being a secretary or in a shop, you know?
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Walt Disney said to me once that what interested him most about making a movie was to show the best in the human spirit. Even though they perhaps tended to show things in a bit too rosy a light, it was a mistake, I think, to dismiss those films I did as just family movies and say, "Well, there was nothing in them that was going to upset anybody.
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Acting is just a natural thing in my family. Other boys and girls go into the family business. So do we.
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How has my career lasted so long, when so many others who started young have fallen by the wayside? I think that I was truly blessed with a pair of intelligent and very sensible parents. Parents who could listen, as well as talk.
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I became an actress before I even thought about what I'd be when I grew up.
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