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"People don't place their trust in government or company pension plans; they have to be self-reliant."

"These are very subtle things, of course, and I don't expect everyone to pick them up consciously, but I think that there is something there that you must be able to feel, there is an energy at work that I must trust my audience will be able to pick up at some level."

"You? I know you! You trust beyond reason.'She met his eyes steadily. 'Yes. It's how I get results beyond hope. As you may recall."

"A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest."

"You do not have to be so serious about everything and everyone. Trust yourself. Trust your own guidance and do not take everyone's 'interesting opinions' so personally."
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"I'll be working the rest of my life because I'm a character actor and don't have to worry about box office."


"People who are extremely inside their head, like he was, are caught in a neurosis that goes round and round. Then something will hook them and take them to their end and they can't control it."


"It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt."


"All of us are trying to achieve 100 percent in our work. That's all we struggle to do. We never do, but we never stop trying until the day we die. It's that struggle to achieve 100 percent, that's where our performance lies, that's what the audience gets. They get the struggle."


"When you're a child you're able to assimilate so easily into any situation. You even start talking like the people you're around. I wasn't conscious that I was so good at that until I started to truly feel like an actor."


"The only thing I do worry about is that the more films I do the more visible I am going to become as a personality because of press and because of the sheer quantity of films."


"At our best, it's a good experience but we do 22 episodes a year, so there are some clunkers."


"My partner Dan Ireland wants me to direct, and I read a lot of scripts - some good enough that I could see myself. But then it's like, so what? Who cares? Let someone else direct it."
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