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How can a president not be an actor?

Several things about Reagan are unusual in a public man. He was not a typical politician at all, but a private man in public life.

Too many actors have run for office. There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified.

Ronald Reagan, whatever his pros and cons were, was a public servant in the end.

It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor.

So many people are called but few serve as actors, you know what I mean?

I didn't become an actor until I was an old man of 28 or 29. I declared to the world that I was an actor. Nobody heard me, but I did declare it.

I definitely don't see myself as an actor. I don't even have it on my passport. I've got 'writer and electrician' on my passport. I don't want anyone to think I'm an actor.

If I hadn't been an actor, I probably would have been a social worker.

I just don't believe you're capable of being an actor unless you have a desire to experience your emotions in a public way.