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"It's difficult to get films made, especially films about poets."
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"They say poets write mostly for themselves; if anyone else likes it, well and good, if not, it doesn't matter; certainly, not to me."
"Maybe there are three or four really good poets in a generation."
"The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."
"Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition."
"Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek."
"A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses."
"Rarest of the real poets are born poets. They are the oddballs, not the professors."
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"Method acting is a label I don't really understand, because there's a method to everybody's acting."
"I just love jumping into someone else's life. It is a relatively cheap way to experience things you would be too scared to contemplate in your own life."
"When I'm playing a character like Jonathan in Ripley's Game I want to be in the moment when he's feeling pain; this very ordinary person who finds himself in extraordinary circumstances."
"Being a salesman and an actor were not that dissimilar: It is a good lesson in covering up your feelings. No one wants to buy from someone who looks depressed."
"I tend to do golf charity things because it's much safer and you don't get much chance of a broken arm or leg."
"Sometimes people say to you that you should try to be in a bigger film, but it's the way it pans out."
"In terms of jumping into a character's skin, I try to immerse myself in the role as much as possible to bring me closer to them. All I do is what's required to achieve what I want to achieve."
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