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"I'm six foot four and a half and I have a temper. It's reserved for very important issues. If someone is asking me to make an artistic concession, then I'll become a madman."
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"I know I lost my temper, but I tried to be human along the way."

"Few artists can afford artistic temperament."

"Why was it that her temper and her thinking never happened at the same time? Her temper behaved like a glutton sitting in an expensive restaurant ordering a hundred dishes, only to disappear when the bill came due. It left her lucid mind to do dishes."

"It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it."

"One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end."
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"My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom."


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"American people are not evil. Given information, they will do the right thing. But they're not given the information."


"I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about."
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