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"I seem to have a knack for picking movies that go on to be cult favorites."

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"I've never looked at my career in terms of, What haven't I done that I want to do? I just generally find a story that I think is a good one and go to work."

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"I no longer look at my life and times in the motion picture industry as my career. I just look at it now as something I like and want to do."

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"I don't really look for specific types of projects any more. I'm not taking care of a career anymore. I'm just having fun acting."

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"Society questions the police and their methods, and the police say, Do you want the criminals off the street or not?"

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"Human beings, from their own point of view, are very different than what people see."

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"I wasn't really serious about acting - I was serious about baseball."

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"If they're willing to pay you what you think you're worth for it, that's why an actor goes to work. A lot of times they want to pay you a lot for a picture you don't want to do."

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