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"The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor."
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"My greatest hope was to get discovered as a comedian and get on a sitcom."
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"I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks from Kansas City, so I made him from New York."
Character
"I think all comics borrow from each other. Only a few have an original voice, and I wasn't one of them. In the end, I couldn't figure out who to steal from, so I stopped doing it."
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"I'm terrible at story and structure, but I'm not so bad at writing dialogue."
Writing
"When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this and that, and feeling like I was losing control."
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"The first movie I had a featured role in was Parting Glances."
First
"I usually get freaked out if I'm in a situation where a lot of people recognise me at once."
People
"I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires."
People
"Bob Altman had this relaxed but serious attitude. Everybody loved him. I wanted him to adopt me."
Attitude
"It wasn't until my senior year in high school that I started acting."
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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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"Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor."
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"Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb."
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"I am still seeking to become firmly established as an actor."
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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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"Every actor and actress is possessed of the absorbing passion to create something distinctive and unique."
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"A lot of talented actors still have to pay their bills."
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"I was a writer. I just wasn't a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that I'd be a better actor than I would a playwright."
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"I do think that's so much a part of what being a director is - in working with actors - to really try and be sensitive to what each actor needs to get to where he wants to be."
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