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> [Theater is a physical activity as much as anything. It's harder for me to learn the lines than it was 30 years ago. At the same time, I'll never quit working in the theater - until I can't memorize two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/theater-is-a-physical-activity-as-much-as-anything-it-s-harder-for-me/)

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## More by Brian Dennehy

> [I'm not in the movie business anymore, and hardly any 70 year olds are. I always ask the producers: 'Are there no 70-year old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/i-m-not-in-the-movie-business-anymore-and-hardly-any-70-year-olds-are/)

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> [From 1965 to 1974, I served the best possible apprenticeship for an actor. I learned firsthand how a truck driver lives, what a bartender…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/from-1965-to-1974-i-served-the-best-possible-apprenticeship-for-an/)

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> [If I could transform my stage life to the movies, I'd be Jack Nicholson.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/if-i-could-transform-my-stage-life-to-the-movies-i-d-be-jack-nicholson/)

[Brian Dennehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-dennehy/)

> [I lied about serving in Vietnam, and I'm sorry. I did not mean to take away from the actions and the sacrifices of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/i-lied-about-serving-in-vietnam-and-i-m-sorry-i-did-not-mean-to-take/)

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> [No one would ever cast me as an aristocrat. I think the big thing about being an Irish artist is access to melancholy. Especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/no-one-would-ever-cast-me-as-an-aristocrat-i-think-the-big-thing/)

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> [My father had a good sense of humour about a lot of things, including life, which I think I inherited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/my-father-had-a-good-sense-of-humour-about-a-lot-of-things-including/)

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> [My father was a classic intellectual. From him I learned devotion, and I also learned about the life of the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/my-father-was-a-classic-intellectual-from-him-i-learned-devotion-and/)

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> [I'm not one of these people who likes to do as little as possible. I really do feel the hot breath of time on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/i-m-not-one-of-these-people-who-likes-to-do-as-little-as-possible-i/)

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> [As the stars make more and more money - one person gets $12 million, $14 million, $15 million, $20 million - everyone else is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/as-the-stars-make-more-and-more-money-one-person-gets-12-million-14/)

[Brian Dennehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-dennehy/)

> [Theater is a physical activity as much as anything. It's harder for me to learn the lines than it was 30 years ago. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/theater-is-a-physical-activity-as-much-as-anything-it-s-harder-for-me/)

[Brian Dennehy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-dennehy/)

> [I come from an Irish Catholic family, and hell-raising is part of the DNA.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/i-come-from-an-irish-catholic-family-and-hell-raising-is-part-of-the/)

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> [My grandfather was a really, really tough no-nonsense factory worker who emigrated from Ireland in about 1900 to Bridgeport, Conn. He had a big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/my-grandfather-was-a-really-really-tough-no-nonsense-factory-worker/)

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> [Call me old-fashioned, but I believe that morality is not just a matter of opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/call-me-old-fashioned-but-i-believe-that-morality-is-not-just-a/)

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> [What really matters is that you do what you think is right, what you believe in, and you surround yourself with the people you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/what-really-matters-is-that-you-do-what-you-think-is-right-what-you/)

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> [I idolize Gene Hackman. He is not a natural star, not an incandescent personality like Jack Nicholson, but he makes luminous the problems of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-dennehy/i-idolize-gene-hackman-he-is-not-a-natural-star-not-an-incandescent/)

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