"I am not a long-run actor. I admire actors who can do that."

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"I am not a long-run actor. I admire actors who can do that."

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"I will never master this craft. Orchestras are very, very forthcoming with me."

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"It's really important to stay engaged and involved in the character."

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"What we have to get clear to kids is that when you offer your stillness and open yourself to the experience of music, it pays you back more than you give."

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"There are a couple of roles I haven't played that I want to. I would love to play Shiloh."

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"My father, who died a few years ago, was a good, simple, very honest man. His faith and affection for his family was just unassailable, without question."

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"It's rare to be treated like a friend you haven't met in a Hollywood meeting."

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"I've played Lear three times, I would love to do it again."

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"Very often, I don't make it through moments of recording because it is genuinely funny and absolutely ridiculous that a 60-year-old grown man is making these noises."

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"People are nice enough, but you can hear the giant tick of the second hand. People are so harried."

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