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"You need to find your gift, something you are doing better than others."

"That boy is talented. You don't develop those gifts in houses or in schools."

"We don't choose our talents, but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want."

"Talent silences your competition, genius deafens them."

"They would come down in Mississippi, they hired me as a talent scout. And I would go all over Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, and find out different artists for them."

"Talent is the presence of ability and absence of understanding about the source and operation of knowledge."

"Talent is the seed, success is the fruit."
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"It's hard for me to talk about Dom right now because I am Dom right now. So it's a really strange exercise to try to reflect on something that I am at the moment. But I guarantee you that when I'm done with the movie and you ask me that question, I'll be able to give you something insightful."


"The whole year I was in LA I got into telemarketing and learned how to make money. Five years later that skill helped me make my first film."


"A transvestite spends her entire life trying to look as feminine as possible and I have clearly spent mine celebrating my masculinity."


"I was walking around with the babies so much that when I got to the Sidney Lumet picture, I would be on set in between takes and I'd be rocking back and forth. Just standing like this rocking back and forth, and Sidney would say, Why are you walking like that in between takes?"


"I was raised in New York City and raised in the New York City theater world. My father was a theater director and an acting teacher, and it was not uncommon for me to have long discussions about the method and what the various different processes were to finding a character and exploring character and realizing that character."


"The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft."


"It was interesting to do a completely fictional piece. You know, Saving Private Ryan was not a fictional piece! So the challenge was: How do you incorporate real emotions? How do you incorporate aspects that people are going to be able to identify with?"


"My gut feeling about sequels is that they should be premeditated: You should try to write a trilogy first or at least sketch out a trilogy if you have any faith in your film."


"I'm not really afraid of the dark, except if I'm walking. The thing that scares me the most is the possibility of walking into a wall and busting my lip."
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