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Dabney Coleman

(1932–2024) Actor

22 quotes in 147 categories

Dabney Coleman was an actor.

Quick Facts About Dabney Coleman

Born: January 3, 1932
Died: May 16, 2024
Profession: Actor

About Dabney Coleman

[Wikidata] American actor (1932–2024)... | [Wikipedia] Dabney Wharton Coleman was an American actor. He was recognized for his roles portraying egomaniacal and unlikeable characters in comedic performances. Throughout his career, he appeared in over 175 films and television programs and received awards for both comedic and dramatic performances.

Quotes by Dabney Coleman

To tell you the truth I am hard put to think of anyone who's career was affected significantly by making all those…

Affected

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No not pigeon holed me as an actor, or as a character, or as to what I could do - but what…

Actors

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I think that you get something for your acting from almost anything you do.

Acting

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But it was this tough little character part that I was playing, a very funny little guy that I invented over a…

Character

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But I did make some money doing commercials. I did fourteen in one year.

Commercials

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Well Sid Pollack was... He was I would say probably, probably the most influential on me.

He

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I think is very beneficial to relax yourself so that when you are doing it you are not staggering for lines and…

Am

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I'm convinced that the place, if you have your druthers, to go to have that experience is New York City.

City

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And it just made me realize again because I have know it for some time, that you never get comfortable in this.…

Again

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I didn't have any extra money. But I can't say that I had a hard early career.

Careers

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I work with Sally and I can see Sally doing that. She is very aggressive. Very fun loving and charming... and pushy…

Actresses

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I have worked with some great directors.

Cinema

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I did two or three plays every summer.

Play

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But movies as much as anything developed what I thought was right and wrong, what was honorable, what wasn't, what was funny…

Anything

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The career doesn't get any easier. A career stays tough.

Career

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I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting…

Acting

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I was very lucky in as much as I played a lot of tennis.

Lucky

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It takes a lot of energy to teach.

Education

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When I go to where I was getting excellent parts in movies I may have taken a few too soon, too anxious…

Anxious

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But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.

Acting

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The next night I got on an airplane, and flew to New York and looked into acting schools. Four or five acting…

Acting

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There is something about New York City that in and of itself is so theatrical hat I use to think... I use…

Apartment

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