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"It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting."
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"Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better."
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"We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th of a second ago. We think we're in the present, but we aren't. The present we know is only a movie of the past."
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"I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am."
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"It was always acting, singing and dancing that I loved."
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"But I think the other is a little more like bullfighting, a little more daring and although I appreciate good acting and I liked being versatile my whole career, it kept me working."
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"And because performing for a game involves real acting. The way they create a game is very similar now to how they create a film. I've always wanted to stretch my acting skills, and the timing being what it is, I couldn't say no."
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"Forget acting. It's all about rock 'n' roll."
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"I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing."
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"My acting career helped pull me through the rough times."
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"I see my job as an actor to be as good a channel as I can be. Acting is a gift, and I have respect for it."
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"Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days."
Television
"I was very surprised that for a while I could only get cast as straight. It was that way for a few years."
Years
"The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor."
Actor
"Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me."
Attitude
"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."
Time
"It doesn't matter what part I play, I try and commit myself 100 percent."
Play
"It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting."
Acting
"Communication is the key, and it's one thing I had to learn-to talk to the actors. I was so involved with the visual and technical aspects that I would forget about the actors."
Actor
"Trees Lounge is based on my own life. Both my parents like the movie. My father, of course, thinks it's a masterpiece."
Life
"I did stand-up. I loved George Carlin and Steve Martin."
Martin
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