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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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"Treat your anger with the utmost respect and tenderness, for it is no other than yourself."
"Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed."
"The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger."
"All the subjects of the world can be included in the kashays of anger-pride-deceit-greed. Anger and deceit are the 'protectors'. They have indeed originated from greed. A proud person will have greed for self-validation and recognition from others. And deceit protects it."
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"I had some things I had to fix. It took me 14 years to do it. But it was never really fun back in the day to work with directors who were a lot older and were like authoritarian and talking to you like that."
"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."
"All I am hoping for is to be able to work - I think my best work is still ahead of me - I think all that I have been through in the last several years have only made me a better, more interesting actor."
"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."
"I had a bonding problem when I went off and boxed for five years. I was over in Europe and Asia fighting because I wanted to do something different; I was tired of acting. But the thing is, when I was done doing that, I couldn't get a job."
"What I've got to do now is let them judge me for who I am as an actor and not for my notoriety."
"I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong."
"It's the formulaic studio movies the make money, and when they do, the actors in them are automatically movie stars."
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