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"You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom."
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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
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"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."
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"I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved."
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"Great acting may be a turn-on, but it won't make me fantasize about the person for a week."
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"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."
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"I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain."
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"Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell."
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"Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months."
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"I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely."
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"For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting."
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"I've worked with a lot of really fine actors, both on stage and on screen. The level of their game lifts me up and brings the level of my game up to theirs. Always. It's like a constant upgrade."
Actor
"You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom."
Acting
"I've directed enough in the theatre and a couple of films to know that - to feel fairly secure that if I find a story that I really like I can probably get it done somewhat."
Theatre
"Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running."
Time
"I'm not like one of those actors who's a frustrated director."
Actor
"I save money when I'm working so that I never have to take a role simply to pay the bills."
Money
"Well, I've been to Iraq twice now. I was in Baghdad in June and then north of Baghdad in November."
Iraq
"I was always fascinated with rock 'n' roll, or girls, or something like that when I was a kid."
Girls
"I study to learn, to be an educated person."
Study
"Sometimes you're in great demand. Then suddenly your career hits the breaks."
Career
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