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"The progression of roles you take strings together a portrait of an actor, but it's a completely random process."
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"Most actors are insecure enough already without having a director who adds to that."

"I think I am a much better actor than I have allowed myself to be."

"I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack at doing that."

"There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually acts on them."

"It's a lot easier, I think, to be an actor in a movie than to spin a joke on a sitcom."

"All my friends were going off to be professionals, and I said I wanted to be an actor."

"Look at someone like Edward Norton. A truly phenomenal actor. He's definitely went to school and trained."
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"I'm a pain in the ass to all of the costume designers with whom I work because I have very strong feelings about the subject."

"I'm curious about other people. That's the essence of my acting. I'm interested in what it would be like to be you."

"Everything we say signifies; everything counts, that we put out into the world. It impacts on kids, it impacts on the zeitgeist of the time."

"I don't know why I don't watch a lot of movies; I can barely keep up with the things my friends are in. There isn't enough time in life."
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