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"I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor."
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"I start with the story, almost in the old campfire sense, and the story leads to both the characters, which actors should best be cast in this story, and the language. The choice of words, more than anything else, creates the feeling that the story gives off."
"I can remember when nobody believed an actor and didn't care what he believed."
"Look at someone like Edward Norton. A truly phenomenal actor. He's definitely went to school and trained."
"When you look at some of the most respected actors there are and the crap that they're in... it didn't used to be that way."
"It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're writers who perform their own material. It's more interesting. And they're sexy because they risk more. Stand-up comedians risk more than anyone."
"In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing."
"I didn't feel like going any further in this scene with the boy. He was not a professional actor, and if I had pushed the scene any further it would have destroyed the tone of the movie."
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"I think the way it works is that when you're casting a movie, you usually want to work with people that you believe in."
"It's funny how it usually works out that I end up dying. It sort of works out, because by the time I die, I'm usually tired of working on that particular movie, so I look forward to it."
"You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors."
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