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"You know, whatever happens between the two of us that's created when we come together as actors is not something I think we can explain."

"I'm not like one of those actors who's a frustrated director."

"Indeed, the actor's lot is a much harder one than that of the director's, from one simple standpoint: The actor has to play the eight shows a week."

"We all perform our lives in a way. And the actor is a perfect metaphor to get at that theme of 'how do we find our authentic selves?' And that we all - whether we're actors or not - perform ourselves. As a way of searching. As a way of fumbling around and trying to say, is this my voice? Is this who I am?"

"In those days I was mortified, because I was a serious actor in my own mind, and then all of a sudden I'm this hunk."

"I never said, 'I'm going to be a big star.' I said, 'I'm going to be a good actor.' And that took the pressure off."

"The role of a do-gooder is not what actors call a fat part."
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