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"You can't act for the editing. You just go in and do the scene the way you think is right."
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"There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself."
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"I actually find it harder to act in the scenes where there's not much happening, say having a milkshake in the diner. That is far harder to do than straight scenes where there's a drama going on and you have something to do."
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"It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over."
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"We're building on an international network with many others for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. There are so many things we can do to carry forward policies."
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"It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning."
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"Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk."
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"Since I also act, sometimes I get over my resentment and commit to the pitch as an acting job."
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"Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good."
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"I think all those actors from that generation, like Bogart - they were wonderful actors. They didn't act. They just came on and they did it, and the characters were wonderful."
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"One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses."
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"Vince or Brad or Benicio would say, Maybe we should try this, and Guy was open to changes."
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"The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun."
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"You can change a person's life in an instant; put him in a movie, and you start thinking differently, you want to be in another movie. It's like an addiction almost."
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"I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds of shades should be in the character."
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"I don't like to be talked into anything. I don't want to be cajoled."
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"This generation of filmmakers is very good. They're seasoned, for some reason."
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"I think all actors are supposed to be character actors."
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"I have a home in Arizona. I go a couple months a year, but basically Chicago is my home."
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"I learned a long time ago: You're in the entertainment business. You're not in the reality business. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other."
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"I'd love to do a Western. A real Western like John Ford used to do. There's not too many of them made, so I don't know if I'll ever get to do that. They're awfully hard movies to make."
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