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"My dad was very successful running midgets in Texas. Then, his two drivers ran into some bad luck. People started saying that Daddy had lost his touch. That it was the cars and not the drivers. I wanted to race just to prove all those people wrong."

"But I like to be thought of as a good father and a good husband."

"As a little boy of eleven I entered the Cadet Corps. I was not particularly eager to become a Cadet, but my father wished it. So my wishes were not consulted."

"Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed."

"When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry."
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"It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama."


"I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on that."


"Love is a mess, at best, and I figure it can be very real in spite of all the things people try to attach to it."


"There's a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged."


"I don't have any particular excitement about working with any specific director or actor at this point."


"So if we have anything original to offer, it's to speak from our own life about the society we're in."
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