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"I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You get films here with great performances you'll never see again. Why compare. We should go after the businessmen."
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"I have come close to producing films. But generally by the time they hit the screen, there's about 50 people with producer credits, so what's the point. I usually find scripts I like with no money attached and take them to producers that I know and try to raise finance."


"I started off on stage because it was the only work I could get. I haven't been back for 11 years. I think any stage experience is good experience, as far as being an actor is concerned."


"I'm sick of very white teeth and lots of gymnasium practice. I'm bored, you know, send in the next one. I wanted a real man that I could believe was my brother, my father, you know, my next-door neighbor - a real person."


"When you know youre whoring it hurts. I have kids. I'm not going to run down an actor for doing this."


"Well, I think first it was rare for me to do anything that had any kind of a romantic note to it."


"I think every director has a different take, some are good, some are bad. The directors you get on best with sometimes don't make the best films, so who's to say who is right."


"You read a script and its based on 'Reservoir Dogs' and 'Pulp Fiction', and it goes right in the bin."


"Ilike ideas writers have that I might not have written. Writers are there for a reason... to write for me."
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