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"I think there are more films being made, but there are probably less outlets for them and distributors."

"I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice."

"It is a very difficult job, being the servant of two masters."

"Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite."

"I see the cartoonist as contributing to the content, being critical, because we do poke holes in some of the dialogue and find new ways of seeing things."

"There's a place in me that can really relate to being the underdog."

"Being divorced is like being hit by a Mack truck. If you live through it, you start looking very carefully to the right and to the left."

"That was me under the bath and the water being held down. The director wanted it to look as real as possible so he told Keanu, in front of me, don't go easy on her. So it was scary."

"I prefer being as far from the centre of celebrity as possible."
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"My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again."

"Awards are so unnecessary, because I think we get so much out of our work just by doing it. The work is a reward in itself."

"Young actors often don't think of the consequences of doing nudity or sex scenes. They want the role so badly that they agree to be exploited, and then end up embarrassing family, friends, and even strangers."

"I don't have a normal job, so I really appreciate having friends who are writers and artists. It's fun to have a group of people you can call in the middle of the day to go for a hike."

"I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you're scared of nothing."

"I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no."

"I was definitely different from the other kids... I was more ambitious. I knew what I liked and what I wanted, and I worked really hard. I was a very serious kid."

"There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're doing."
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