"I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong."

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"I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong."

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"We are all capable of being great dreamers."

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"If I drive myself to the brink of my ability, then I don't get stale or bored."

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"What I do I do very well and what I don't do well I don't do at all."

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"It was either therapy or die."

Therapy

"I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on over the camera. And I can usually nail my lines on the first or second take because I'm right there."

First

"It was the most fun I've ever had on a movie. It was one of the happiest times in my life. I was living in New York, and I really enjoyed acting at the time. Also, it's funny because that was also the time when I went downhill."

Funny

"I started to shortcircuit because I had high aspirations for the film. I never told anybody that."

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"A couple of guys won Academy Awards for the things that I turned down. Today, after coming to terms with everything, after being in therapy for a long time-there are areas where I will compromise."

Time

"Years ago I realized that maybe I made mistake, politically, when I turned a lot of that stuff down. I would go off to obscure places and make movies that six people went to see."

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"A lot of the stuff I am now seeing is edgy, raw kinda material."

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"I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise."

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"I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing."

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