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"I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks from Kansas City, so I made him from New York."
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"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."

"Failures make character, not success."

"When a foundation is built following sound structural principles, with solid, high-quality materials, anything that is layered on top is more secure, durable, and resilient. Your integrity works the same way."

"Fruits of the spirit in the man attract others to him."

"Instead of trying to be taller than others, stronger than others, more superior to others, try to be gentler than others, more compassionate than others, fairer than others!"
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"In the beginning, it wasn't even a question of deciding I'm going to do independent film and not commercial films - I wasn't being offered any commercial films, and there wasn't an independent scene."

"I was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing."

"My favorite review described me as the cinematic equivalent of junk mail. I don't know what that means, but it sounds like a dig."

"What was frustrating about Armageddon was the time I spent not doing anything. It was a big special effects film, and I wasn't crazy about pretending I was in outer space. It feels ridiculous."

"The trend now is to shoot in Canada because it's cheaper, and they don't care what the location is."

"I was very surprised that for a while I could only get cast as straight. It was that way for a few years."

"I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires."
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