All my life, to this day, the memory of my childhood remains grim and incoherent. If I close my eyes and think back, I see little except violence and fear. In those early years, I somehow came to understand I would have to draw from within myself whatever emotional resources I needed to go wherever I was headed. As a result, for years, I became a boy who lived almost totally within himself.
Kids ... Can't live with 'em ... Can't shoot 'em! - Burgess Meredith
Kids ... Can't live with 'em ... Can't shoot 'em!
- Burgess Meredith
All my life, to this day, the memory of my childhood remains grim and incoherent. If I close my eyes and think back, I see little except violence and… - Burgess Meredith
All my life, to this day, the memory of my childhood remains grim and incoherent. If I close my eyes and think back, I see little except violence and…
I disappear from the public eye and get rediscovered quite often. - Burgess Meredith
I disappear from the public eye and get rediscovered quite often.
Like the seasons of the year, life changes frequently and drastically. You enjoy it or endure it as it comes and goes, as it ebbs and flows. - Burgess Meredith
Like the seasons of the year, life changes frequently and drastically. You enjoy it or endure it as it comes and goes, as it ebbs and flows.
Wine, it's in my veins and I can't get it out. - Burgess Meredith
Wine, it's in my veins and I can't get it out.
I'll just take amusement at being a paradox. - Burgess Meredith
I'll just take amusement at being a paradox.
Franchot Tone is nuttier than a fruitcake, so don't let the genteel frosting fool you. - Burgess Meredith
Franchot Tone is nuttier than a fruitcake, so don't let the genteel frosting fool you.
I was born a character actor. I was never really a leading man type. - Burgess Meredith
I was born a character actor. I was never really a leading man type.
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