"Acting is like a high wire act. Your margin for error is very slim."

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"Acting is like a high wire act. Your margin for error is very slim."

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"Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."

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"Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged."

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"I write, but I also act."

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"Mike Nichols asked if I would do The Birdcage. Mike and I are dear friends but he had never offered me a feature role in a movie. My television career opened other doors for me."

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"I do enjoy film. The more I do it the more I learn."

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"The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy."

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"Why would I lose sleep when I really need valuable sleep just to recuperate and come back and do my job?"

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"If I never do another movie, I will have had the privilege of working on one of the big Hollywood movies with top people, creating a world that can only be described as totally cinematic."

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"Usually, it gets worse and worse as they downsize your character; mine just kept getting better."

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"The sibilant s is the most difficult sound to correct."

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"Ron Howard is as good a person as you could want to work with on film. He never lost his cool. He's the most easygoing, lovely man, but he's got this enormous intelligence and a wonderful humanity."

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"You can only do the work to the very best of your ability."

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