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Jean Stapleton

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Jean Stapleton was an American character actress of stage, television and film. Stapleton is best known for her portrayal of Edith Bunker, the perpetually optimistic and devoted wife of Archie Bunker, on the 1970s sitcom All in the Family. The role earned her three Emmys and two Golden Globes for Be

Quotes by Jean Stapleton

Listening is the key to total concentration. You listen as the character would listen, closing the door on everything else. Then you…

Character

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But I think it's more fulfilling to be working with people.

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The goal of the World Federalists is peace through unity of government. We must support their vision of oneness in diversity, for…

Diversity

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Prejudice is an assortment of deceptively small personal judgments - deceptive because of their great cost in our daily lives.

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First, you do a piece of material that begins and ends and has a flow; it's not chopped up as in a…

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Lots of colors appear when you're working with other people.

Color

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On the last day of our five-day work week, we did two performances and we had an audience. It was similar to…

Audience

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