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"Acting with creatures that aren't there is kind like acting with an actor who refuses to come out of his trailer. You still have to go on and do the scene."

"When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma."

"Acting is invigorating. But I don't analyse it too much. It's like a dog smelling where it's going to do its toilet in the morning."

"And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that."
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"I don't have any particular excitement about working with any specific director or actor at this point."

"That on a romantic level, if you feel it about somebody and it's pure, it means that they do too."

"Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented preemptive attack on a separate sovereign nation may well prove itself a most temporary medicine."

"I think that I've still not been successful at playing the role of the retired actor, and I'd like to work on that."

"It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama."

"There's a lot of mediocrity being celebrated, and a lot of wonderful stuff being ignored or discouraged."

"If you're willing to put two thoughts into a picture then you're already ahead of the game."
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