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The Shining is my fourth picture with Jack Nicholson, or as he says, our fourth 'classic.'
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really don't enjoy watching myself perform. That's why I usually don't go to see my movies.
- Nov 07, 2020
Spiritually, I'm Jewish.
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020
We played, jazz, blues, dixie, and it all came from the church. When I went to church, I would see the sisters and brothers doing the same beat.
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I came out with my five-piece group and opened at Billy Burke's Swing Oar. This was when Hollywood was really jumpin'. This was when Frankie Laine used to come in and ask if he could sing a number.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had a group ever since '36, off and on.
- Call
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- Nov 07, 2020
Call me the Scatman. I do quite a bit of scattin'.
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I'm always relaxed.
- Excited
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't get excited or riled easily.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was the first black man on television.
- Boat
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I worked on a weekly one-hour show live from Los Angeles called 'The Dixie Boat Show.' We only had one camera, so there was a lot of panning because it was always on, and anything that went wrong, from actors fluffing their lines to sets falling down in mid-scene, you let it go by.
- Preacher
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was about to be a preacher, but I was a sinner.
- Color
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- Nov 07, 2020
Color don't mean nothin'. 'Cause we're all God's children.
- Been
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been an actor all of my life, but not professionally.
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a kid, I used to take the sheet off of my mother's bed, make a tent and put on a show for the neighborhood kids and charge them two packs of matches. Then, the show got so good I started charging a penny.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get a kick out of just working, making people happy - whether it be in the movies or just playing my guitar.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Age ain't nothing but a figure. Let's go out there and play some kick the can. It's all in the mind; let's become kids. That's been my philosophy of life anyhow, man.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oh, sure, I love boxing.
- Gift
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- Nov 07, 2020
My acting has got to be natural. I didn't go to any drama schools. It's a gift from God.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of people in Hollywood are on that ego trip. They think they're more than somebody else. I've told a lot of stars in my career, 'Hey, man you're looking down on the people who made you. lf you keep doing that, you're gonna fall back down.'
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
You ain't no more than me, and I ain't no more than you. We're all God's children.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can be dressed the best and have a wicked heart.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Terre Haute. They used to call it 'Terrible Hut' because it was so wide open. Gambling, red light district, speak-easies. I entertained for all the gangsters. Can't name a gangster that didn't come into the place where I worked.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Color don't mean anything. People gonna try to put you in a place one way or the other.
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