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"Debra Winger doesn't let anything interfere with her performance, which is the way it should be."
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"No matter how many times audience has already applauded, the sound of their applause will get louder with the better quality of your magic effect."
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"Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?"
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"The place trembled with sound. I didn't need to do anything. They would do it all. But you had to be careful. Drunk as they were they could immediately detect any false gesture, any false word. You could never underestimate an audience. They had paid to get in; they had paid for drinks; they intended to get something and if you didn't give it to them they'd run you right into the ocean."
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"I love a finished speaker I really truly do. I don't mean one who's polished I just mean one who's through."
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"I attended a symposium to hear Shilagh Mirgain, Ph.D. speak on Mindful Leadership. Throughout her program, I made sure to make eye contact and smile to support, affirm, and engage with her presentation. When audience members do this for me, it adds an extra punch of dynamic energy that enriches my presentations and improves my performance."
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"I went to a performance of 'The Crucible' at the Guthrie when I was a sophomore in high school, and I knew right away that that's what I wanted to do."
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"He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance of it."
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"They got a great performance from me. I was happy."
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"Think like magician, present like magician and perform like magician."
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"I say this quite deliberately, this is the finest Shakespearean performance I've seen."
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"I have family obligations and all that stuff. I get my kids six weeks in the summer, which is a real intense period of time. I'm with them every minute of the day."
Family
"I remember seeing Bill Hurt in New York once. I talked to him on the phone around 1988 and that's about it. I was shooting in New York and somebody said Glenn Close came by the set."
Hurt
"I don't think a director should have any kids. I don't even think it's good for your physical health. Even guys in their 30s look exhausted because directors never get enough sleep. What I do is stressful enough."
Health
"Debra Winger doesn't let anything interfere with her performance, which is the way it should be."
Performance
"There's a hysterical, tired sense of humor that comes after working 14 hours a day, six days a week. I like those things because they take the pressure off the constant stress."
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"I wrote a script. I actually enjoyed writing it more than acting. It's about the Irish rebellion of 1920, which is a fascinating period and place for me."
Acting
"I had already done a lot of research for Rough Riders, keeping notebooks and old photographs. Some of the books were antiques for that time period, with the covers falling off."
Time
"I was so exhausted after fighting for the project for five years, shooting it was like the Bataan Death March."
Death
"Most of what gets made now, you laugh your way through, go home and forget you've seen it."
Home
"I'm probably satisfied with my career 80 percent of the time."
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