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"I started with the firm conviction that when I came to the end, I wanted to be regretting the things that I had done, not the things I hadn't."
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"If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself."
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"Decide on what you think is right and stick to it."
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"God desires that through us the ones who do not know him will be convinced."
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"I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence."
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"We tend to listen to the people who believe in their own words as opposed to those who don't. When we feel their conviction, they earn our buy-in."
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"The problem with holiness is that once we look into the face of it we are no longer capable of taking that which is odious and filthy and somehow pretending that it's translucent and clean. In other words, we have to do one of the most revolting things possible; we have to face ourselves."
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"If you truly have faith in your convictions, then your convictions should be able to stand criticism and testing."
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"If you are willing to kill for your beliefs, you are a murderer; if you are willing to die for your beliefs, you are a martyr."
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"It's not atheists who get stuck in my caw, but agnostics. Doubt is useful for awhile. We all must pass through the garden of Gethsemane. If Christ played with doubt, so must we... But we must move on. To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as means of transportation."
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"A man convinced against his will, stands opposed ever still. A man convinced he is right, gives the effort twice the fight."
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"Funny things happen to you in movies for silly reasons."
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"The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something."
Talent
"Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old."
Man
"Oh, what a shock. My career must be slipping. This is the first time I've been available to pick up an award."
Time
"Save your money. You're going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think."
Age
"If you're a movie actor, you're on your own - you cannot control the stage. The director controls it."
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"I did everything. I ran my life exactly as I wanted to, all the time. I never listened to anybody. I'm pig-headed."
Life
"Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write."
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"I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop."
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"The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years."
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