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"I'm not afraid to look like a big, hairy, smelly, foreign devil in Tokyo, though I do my best not to, I really do."

"It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it."

"But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil's Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a return to more gothic atmospheric ghost storytelling."

"You always fall for the rascal or the guy who's got a little bit of the devil in him. You can't help it."

"To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil."
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"When I grew up, people said, 'You'll never be the man your dad was.' And I said, 'Gee, I hope not.'"


"I think most actors are shy. I really do. The greatest actors can disappear. I had friends call me the Blend-In Man."


"Everybody says, 'You impress me as a guy who never wanted to be a movie star.' I say, 'Everybody in the world wants to be a movie star.'"


"There's always some kind of blacklist throughout history. But the difference is, in America they usually let you live."


"I used to be friends with Miles Davis. He didn't like many folks. I lived across the street from him."


"Don't ever humiliate a man. If you're gonna have to dress him out, you take him aside and do it that way. That's the one thing I don't like about Hollywood: They go in for public humiliation. You shouldn't do that to a man."


"I've got two old Volvos, two old Subarus, and an old Ford Ranger. If you've got an old car, you've gotta have at least several old cars, 'cause one's always gonna be in the garage."


"If you're lucky enough to have a pretty girl love you and share herself and sleep with you, make that your secret. The best way to spoil love is by talking to too many people about it."
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