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> [I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-gordon/i-had-admired-richard-burton-for-years-and-years-before-i-had-ever/)

[Gale Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-gordon/)

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## More by Gale Gordon

> [My wife and I love to read. We're going to have to move out to make room for the books! And we have our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-gordon/my-wife-and-i-love-to-read-we-re-going-to-have-to-move-out-to-make/)

[Gale Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-gordon/)

> [I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-gordon/i-had-admired-richard-burton-for-years-and-years-before-i-had-ever/)

[Gale Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-gordon/)

> [My voice, I have to say, is kind of miraculous because I was born with a cleft palate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-gordon/my-voice-i-have-to-say-is-kind-of-miraculous-because-i-was-born-with/)

[Gale Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-gordon/)

> [The last thing in the world I should have done was go into the theater because was inordinately shy as a young man. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-gordon/the-last-thing-in-the-world-i-should-have-done-was-go-into-the/)

[Gale Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-gordon/)

> [I've worked with very few that I considered unpleasant. Dennis the Menace was a joy to work on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-gordon/i-ve-worked-with-very-few-that-i-considered-unpleasant-dennis-the/)

[Gale Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-gordon/)

> [I think anybody who has been in the theater, prefers it. Television is a... factory. You turn out things on a revolving assembly line.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-gordon/i-think-anybody-who-has-been-in-the-theater-prefers-it-television-is/)

[Gale Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-gordon/)

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