Orson Bean Quotes

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Orson Bean

Profession : Actor

Birth : July 22, 1928

Children can become self-reliant and self-disciplined by being free to do what they want to do.

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I don't expect to be another Walt Disney, but I do get a terrific bang out of being able to say things with pictures. Maybe that means something deep and profound about me - but I doubt it.

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My father was an odd stick. He was a member of MENSA and he was a uniformed yard cop for the Harvard police.

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A lot of people didn't know I was doing Broadway. They thought I was one of those guys who was famous for being famous. I was the one who sat next to Charles Nelson Reilly and said funny things.

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I did a lot of TV work for more than 30 years in New York and L.A., but I would get on the stage whenever I could.

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Young actors ask me for advice. They say, 'Should I get an agent?' I tell them, 'Don't worry about that. Act, act, act. Get into that production of 'The Three Sisters' in a church basement. Consider every audition a chance to act, even if it's just for three minutes. Just do it whenever and wherever you can.'

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I certainly have no plans to quit the United States.

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We believe in satisfying our own needs but always considering others.

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You know when I was a kid, I hated every day I was in school, from the kindergarten right through to my last day of high school.

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I don't believe most kids enjoy school at all, and that's a shameful waste, considering how curious and excited kids are to learn. They're naturally curious, full of wonder.

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I always identified with Frankenstein because as a kid, I never got the girl.

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I just feel lucky; I just feel happy to be alive.

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I don't think that the theater should necessarily pay.

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Even I get fan mail.

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TV has changed everything.

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