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In "They Live By Night," Farley and Cathy O'Donnell are two waifs who know little tenderness until they meet each other.
"When I came out of service, I was a different felbw; confused, bewildered, insecure. You see, I discovered I was growing up."
TAKE a young kid who's always dreamed of acting, toss him a couple of breaks, and then continue throwing luck his way, and you've got a very fortunate fellow. That fortunate fellow is me!
In fact, I've been so lucky that I can't help wondering how it all happened — and I can't stop thinking of this career I have and what Hollywood has done to me. Has this town been really good for me.'' Or has it given me too much?
After a lot of thinking, I've found that the answers to those questions take in a lot of territory. For one thing, I've often wondered if I was lucky to get into pictures the way I did. After all. I was a green kid with no experience who suddenly found himself playing the lead role in a picture. I didn't know from nothin'. But the more I think of my big break the more I'm convinced I'm glad I got my chance when and how I did.
Sure I could have used a lot more experience in those early days. For that matter, I still can. But I think I got into the business at just the right time. I was the right age. I wanted .so much to act, and I had enough enthusiasm to help overcome the .shortcomings as an actor that I had. It wasn't until I made more pictures that I really began to realize that I had just begun to learn to act — that I had to learn to act — that I had to have more than mere inspir
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