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"All these directors, and I would include the Coen brothers and Quentin, have a very unique vision of what they want. They listen to ideas and make people feel like everyone is making the film."
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"In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing."
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"It is not actual suffering but the taste of better things which excites people to revolt."
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"It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before."
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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."
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"When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up."
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"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."
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"Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing."
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"I think that, you know, this is a different year than most years. We've got to tell the American people that we have to live with less. We have a $13.5 trillion debt. And the only way to do that is an honest campaign with honest people."
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"You can stroke people with words."
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"One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide."
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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."
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"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."
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"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."
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