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Ronald Arthur "Ron" Silver (July 2, 1946 – March 15, 2009) was an American actor, director, producer, radio host, and political activist. As an actor, he portrayed Henry Kissinger, Alan M. Dershowitz and Angelo Dundee. He was awarded a Tony in 1988 for Best Actor for Speed-the-Plow, a satirical dissection of the American movie business.

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Anyone who devotes time and attention to what makes people tick, to me, is a smart person.

Attention, Devotes, People, Person, Smart

I had no desire from an early age to be on the stage.

Age, Desire, Early, Stage

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of. It's about character, it's about behavior. They understand things about people that I simply don't see.

Character, Dream, Met, People, Possess, See

In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered part of the elite

Art, Arts, Europe, Part, People

Too often in the past, U. S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic interests in the Middle East - through concessions in the peace process as well as passivity in the face of Iraqi attacks

Face, Leaders, Past, Pay The Price, Peace, Price

I've seen people with a tremendous amount of educational background in the field not turn out to be terribly good actors, and I've seen people with no education in the field turn out to be people that I admire quite a bit

Actors, Admire, Amount, Education, People, Seen

For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated.

Career, Careers, Firsts, Terribly, Years

If you don't think you want to go on a train and read the paper every day and work from nine to six at night, there was something about the uncertainty when I was younger which was very attractive

Attractive, Goes On, Night, Six, Thinking, Uncertainty

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me

Dilettantish, Kind, Spirit

I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It also provided a context in which I came to respect what the actor did, because I saw how difficult it actually was to do.

Actors, Actually, Context, Difficult, People, Respect

I think it's good to meet smart people and talk.

Smart, Thinking, People, Meet, Think

You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or what their body language can indicate or what's really going on or what makes people sometimes do, sometimes, the irrational things they do.

Awful, Irrational, Language, Motivation, People, Thinking

Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers.

Artist, Artists, Careers, Damage, Retribution

Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human rights.

Ethics, Gets, Human, Laughing, Refer, Rights

But why should I run for office and lose what little influence I have?

Influence, Littles, Office, Run, Running

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy and concentration and skill.

Concentration, Energy, Good, Requires, Skills

It's not like I'm the most famous person in the world

Famous, Like, Person, Persons, World

Nobody has a franchise on what is good

Franchise, Good, Nobody

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity

Affair, Involvement, Legitimate, Use

The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on a massive scale just about unknown before

Barbarism, Century, Life, Massive, Respect, Scales

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