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"I couldn't care less about being a presenter at the Oscars."
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"Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins."
"It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad."
"The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down."
"The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions."
"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved."
"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself."
"Gentlemen, we are being killed on the beaches. Lets go inland and be killed."
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"New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation."
"There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things."
"I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships."
"When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous."
"I wouldn't say I'm a method actor. I do research when I feel I don't have enough experience for the part I'm playing."
"Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out."
"My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom."
"I've been lucky-my looks haven't put me into one category. I don't look like a blue blood. I don't look like a criminal. I don't look like anything."
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