"Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that."

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"Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that."

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"Well, I needed the work - that's the honest answer. I haven't worked for a while, a couple of years. So I thought it would be nice to get back to work and earn some money."

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"Interesting things come your way but as you get older, your lifestyle changes. I don't want to travel; I don't want to be in a hotel room away from my family."

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"I'm not the best audience for that because I'm not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that."

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"Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext."

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"Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that."

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