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"I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class."
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"Robbing people of their actual history is the same as robbing them of part of themselves. It's a crime."Fuka-Eri thought about that for a moment.Tengo went on, "Our memory is made up of our individual memories and our collective memories. The two are intimately linked. And history is our collective memory. If our collective memory is taken from us - is rewritten - we lose the ability to sustain our true selves."
"Many if not most slaves would have each readily jumped, and many if not most slaves would each readily jump, at the opportunity to be a master, if such an opportunity presents or had presented itself."
"Most of Jesus' life is told through the four Gospels of the New Testament, known as the Canonical gospels, written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. These are not biographies in the modern sense but accounts with allegorical intent. They are written to engender faith in Jesus as the Messiah and the incarnation of God, and not to provide factual data about Jesus's life. This left the door of exaggeration open. And through that door all kinds of mystical non-sense crept in and made place right alongside the good philosophical teachings of Jesus."
"It must be the full confession by Christendom of Christendom's specific contribution to the sum of human cruelty and treachery."
"You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know."
"There probably was a time when the idea of having a toilet inside a house was repulsive."
"The last time everyone loved or at least liked everyone was when the world had a population of about 4."
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"There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things."
"I wouldn't say I'm a method actor. I do research when I feel I don't have enough experience for the part I'm playing."
"My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom."
"It was dangerous to hit the wrong kid in my neighborhood, because a lot of the guys I played with had fathers in the Mafia."
"Just because someone gets arrested doesn't mean what they are doing is wrong. Some laws are unfair and unjust."
"Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior."
"I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about."
"When you make the judgement as a network that there are only three candidates, you are censoring points of view."
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