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“The truth about any man can only be calculated by the sum of everything that has been said about him.”

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Look at the real prodigies, and I look like nothing compared to them.

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The laws and the stage, both are a form of exhibitionism.

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In the theater there are 1,500 cameras rolling at the same time - in the cinema, only one.

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