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"I don't like acting things; I like feeling things."
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"Then, when I was a senior in high school, I was kind of bereft and she put me in an acting class."

"And I taught acting for years, and without knowing it that was the real thing that started bending me toward directing."

"I had all the usual ambition growing up. I wanted to be a writer, a musician, a hockey player. I wanted to do something that wasn't nine to five. Acting was the first thing I tried that clicked."
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"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."

"Sometimes people say to you that you should try to be in a bigger film, but it's the way it pans out."

"You'd have to have one hell of an imagination to completely make up a story, but historians are very anal about what they think should be portrayed on screen. Thankfully they don't make movies; we do."

"What was the reason for invading Iraq' Was it a humanitarian crusade or an economic one' I would be inclined to say the latter. It was the same with the Civil War, because the landed gentry's money was being stolen by the king."

"With the situation now, people might be intrigued to see how a country coped with war all those years ago."

"You should be careful what you wish for, as the reasons for war get confused. One person can be very clear in their motives, but others can have different agendas."

"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."

"Method acting is a label I don't really understand, because there's a method to everybody's acting."

"You're making a movie, not a documentary. If you made a film like the historians would like you to make, you're not going to go and see it. I'd rather see paint dry."
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