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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
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"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."
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"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."
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"Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months."
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"For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting."
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"I'm acting for the pleasure of it."
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"Acting is the greatest answer to my loneliness that I have found."
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"Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else's technique. I like mine."
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"You have to do real acting, not just do a voice."
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"It was always part of the plan to move into acting."
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"The more love I craved, the more distant and abusive he grew. The role I longed to play was never written into Ryan's script: daughter."
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"I never dreamed that shooting a film would be so hard. There was less regulation then of child actors' hours. Even the concept of acting confused me."
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"I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse."
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"I have a temper, but I wouldn't call me abusive."
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"I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love."
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"Things get so sloppy when you're under the influence."
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"I remained Ryan's companion on the Hollywood party circuit, growing inured to sex and drugs before I was in my teens."
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"I think all of us feel like we're a bit on show, all the time."
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"Paper Moon didn't bring me love."
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"My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself."
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