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"I started to shortcircuit because I had high aspirations for the film. I never told anybody that."
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"The aspiration to attain goals overcomes death."

"Dream big, but stay humble."

"If a man wants his dreams to come true he must wake up."

"The opportunity cost of an unlived dream is not only that dream, but also the dreams the dream was meant to inspire."

"I aspired to be the better me of my future."

"To Succeed, you must reach for the stars, and let your imagination find its own path."

"My parents were neither wealthy nor academic, but we lived comfortably and they were always extremely supportive of my academic efforts and aspirations, both at school and university."

"And I couldn't make fun of her for that dream. It was my dream, too. And Indian boys weren't supposed to dream like that. And white girls from small towns weren't supposed to dream big, either.We were supposed to be happy with our limitations. But there was no way Penelope and I were going to sit still. Nope, we both wanted to fly."

"Now is your time. Make excellence your goal. Let success be your destiny."
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"Years ago I realized that maybe I made mistake, politically, when I turned a lot of that stuff down. I would go off to obscure places and make movies that six people went to see."

"I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong."

"It was the most fun I've ever had on a movie. It was one of the happiest times in my life. I was living in New York, and I really enjoyed acting at the time. Also, it's funny because that was also the time when I went downhill."

"I started to shortcircuit because I had high aspirations for the film. I never told anybody that."

"A couple of guys won Academy Awards for the things that I turned down. Today, after coming to terms with everything, after being in therapy for a long time-there are areas where I will compromise."

"I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing."

"I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on over the camera. And I can usually nail my lines on the first or second take because I'm right there."

"I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise."
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