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"The big gap between the ability of actors is confidence."
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"Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle."

"I really enjoy myself in Norway. Because I had started losing confidence in my ability of what I do. But sometimes, man, you just get tired of fighting and trying to prove yourself."

"Pluripotent cells have the ability to grow into any cell in the body."

"The difference between a top-flight creative man and the hack is his ability to express powerful meanings indirectly."

"A book comes and says, "Write me." My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate."

"I have also noticed that when a rider who had confidence in his ability was defeated, after doing his level best to win, always received an ovation from the gathering."
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"I would certainly choose my jobs depending on the actions of the character. I won't do anything that has to do with child abuse or women's abuse."

"I think Europeans have enough tradition and respect for the experience and body of work of an actress that they don't sell out to the new ones."

"I always thought the point was to have a bigger life, to meet more people. So I don't understand Hollywood."

"Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know otherwise."

"I never feel more alive than when I'm on stage. On film you feel chopped up, you can be acting from the neck up, or the hand, there is a lot of close up."

"What we need is more women writers, writing for older women. There are some actresses who have production companies and create their own material, and I truly admire that."

"I'm not very active politically. The causes I work on offer immediate, practical, accessible help, and politics has never meant that to me."

"If my ego was out of whack and I believed I could carry anything off, that would be a stupid risk. But so far there's been no reason not to try anything."

"At about 40, the roles started slowing down. I started getting offers to play mothers and grandmothers."
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