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If I had my druthers, I would do only stage work.
Charles Durning
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Charles Durning
Age: 89 †
Born: 1923
Born: February 28
Died: 2012
Died: December 24
Actor
Film Actor
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Highland Falls
New York
Charles Edward Durning
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There's no nobility with war. It's tear-'em-up destruction that leaves you frustrated, bitter and angry... If you really knew what it was like for an hour, you wouldn't want anyone to go through it.
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Of course, I'm not often the top dog, but sometimes it's better not to be top dog, because you last longer. If a movie or play flops, you always blame the lead. They say, 'He couldn't carry it.' They always blame him. But they rarely blame the second or third banana.
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I'd like to have a decade of my life back. I dropped into a void for almost a decade.
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I was doing judo before anybody knew it existed in this country.
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