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"Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination."
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"The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science."
"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."
"As useful as an unhappy artist. As useless as a happy philosopher."
"You do not need a boyfriend or a girlfriend to write an emotional poet, because poetry is beyond hooks and holes."
"To see things as the poet sees them I must share his consciousness and not attend to it; I must look where he looks and not turn round to face him; I must make of him not a spectacle but a pair of spectacles; in fine, as Professor Alexander would say, I must enjoy him and not contemplate him."
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"It was dangerous to hit the wrong kid in my neighborhood, because a lot of the guys I played with had fathers in the Mafia."
"I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with 'It's a masterpiece,' and then tell me what you think could be changed."
"New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation."
"If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity."
"It's certainly a lot more difficult to get a project made if you're talking about something progressive. That's just the nature of the industry."
"My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom."
"Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior."
"American people are not evil. Given information, they will do the right thing. But they're not given the information."
"I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about."
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