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"To be an actor you have to be a child."
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"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."
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"You know, whatever happens between the two of us that's created when we come together as actors is not something I think we can explain."
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"I watch actors destroy themselves by trying to get it right."
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"I'm not like one of those actors who's a frustrated director."
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"I'm an actor who hates dialogue and the present day and reality."
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"Indeed, the actor's lot is a much harder one than that of the director's, from one simple standpoint: The actor has to play the eight shows a week."
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"We all perform our lives in a way. And the actor is a perfect metaphor to get at that theme of 'how do we find our authentic selves?' And that we all - whether we're actors or not - perform ourselves. As a way of searching. As a way of fumbling around and trying to say, is this my voice? Is this who I am?"
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"In those days I was mortified, because I was a serious actor in my own mind, and then all of a sudden I'm this hunk."
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"I never said, 'I'm going to be a big star.' I said, 'I'm going to be a good actor.' And that took the pressure off."
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"The role of a do-gooder is not what actors call a fat part."
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"If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you."
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"If you don't have enemies, you don't have character."
Character
"The star of oil and vinegar and the oil and vinegar of the stars."
Oil
"Every time I get a script it's a matter of trying to know what I could do with it. I see colors, imagery. It has to have a smell. It's like falling in love. You can't give a reason why."
Time
"I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood."
Character
"To be an actor you have to be a child."
Actor
"People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked."
People
"Money won is twice as sweet as money earned."
Money
"You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on your face every morning: 'Holy Christ, whaddya know - I'm still around!' It's absolutely amazing that I survived all the booze and smoking and the cars and the career."
Career
"Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one."
Acting
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