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"Acting is a form of confession."
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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
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"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."
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"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."
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"For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting."
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"I'm acting for the pleasure of it."
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"Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else's technique. I like mine."
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"I decided I was going to give up singing and concentrate on acting, and a result of that, I didn't do another film for two to three years, and I don't blame it on anybody but myself."
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"It's interesting to play a role where you don't really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you're not acting."
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"With Sean Penn, he wants to be surprised. He doesn't necessarily want what he's written, although we'll do what he's written. He likes the danger of acting."
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"I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation."
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"Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once."
Practice
"Acting is a form of confession."
Acting
"(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car."
Car
"They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum."
Temple
"Nobody can be exactly me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it."
Trouble
"There is less in this than meets the eye."
Eye
"It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman."
Work
"I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education."
Education
"The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again I'd make all the same mistakes - only sooner."
Life
"I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without me."
Love
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