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title: "3 Built Stage Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Built Stage quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Built Stage sayings and thoughts."
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> [When I was about five my dad built a stage for me in our basement. A full stage, with a curtain, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-reubens/when-i-was-about-five-my-dad-built-a-stage-for-me-in-our-basement-a/)

[Paul Reubens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-reubens/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/paul-reubens-11776_backdrop_when-i-was-about-five-my-dad-built-a-sta_261279.jpg)

> [Box-office poison? Mr. Louis B. Mayer always asserted that the studio had built Stage 22, Stage 24 and the Irving Thalberg Building,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-crawford/box-office-poison-mr-louis-b-mayer-always-asserted-that-the-studio/)

[Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-crawford/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/joan-crawford-9168_box-office_box-office-poison-mr-louis-b-mayer-alway_1076653.png)

> [I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-broughton/i-had-a-toy-theater-and-a-magic-lantern-and-when-i-was-eight-i-built/)

[James Broughton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-broughton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/james-broughton-11435_actor_i-had-a-toy-theater-and-a-magic-lantern_2515276.jpg)

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