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"In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private."

"I went whole hog at the actor's lifestyle - really embraced it. I had by then known how much I loved acting already, because I discovered acting from a teacher in the seminary - that's the first place I ever did it, in the seminary."

"Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic."

"There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment."

"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
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"Awards are so unnecessary, because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself."

"There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're doing."

"I usually dress very casual. Whenever I go out with my friends, I'm always like, 'Can't I just wear sweatpants?'"

"My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again."

"I was definitely different from the other kids... I was more ambitious. I knew what I liked and what I wanted, and I worked really hard. I was a very serious kid."

"I was really excited to get to shave my head - it's something I'd wanted to do for a while and now I had a good excuse. It was nice to shed that level of vanity."

"When I was in nursery school, the teachers asked me, y'know, 'What does your dad do for a living?' So I said 'He helps women get pregnant!' They called my mom and they were like, 'What exactly does your husband do?'"
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