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"It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting."
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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."
"I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved."
"Great acting may be a turn-on, but it won't make me fantasize about the person for a week."
"I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain."
"My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it."
"Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell."
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"I was very surprised that for a while I could only get cast as straight. It was that way for a few years."
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"When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this and that, and feeling like I was losing control."
"Trees Lounge is based on my own life. Both my parents like the movie. My father, of course, thinks it's a masterpiece."
"The trend now is to shoot in Canada because it's cheaper, and they don't care what the location is."
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