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"I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they all have strengths and weaknesses."
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"I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits."
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"We have the best driver in the world in drifting and best guy in rally racing and stuff like that. So obviously there's a lot of stuff that I didn't do, but there's a lot of really incredible things that I don't think we've ever seen an actor do."
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"An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox."
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"I had a feeling about Shakespeare's soliloquies, that there should be a real exchange between the actor and the audience."
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"Actors are very generous."
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"Every actor wants to direct."
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"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."
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"One of the pleasures of being an actor is quite simply taking a walk in someone else's shoes. And when I look at the roles I've played, I'm kind of amazed at all the wonderful adventures I've had and the different things I've learned."
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"When I was 13 years old, a professional theater company in my town needed a kid actor. I auditioned, and I got the part, so for just a few weeks I became a member of the company and I met some professional actors."
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"I'm not a celebrity. I don't call myself a celebrity. I'm an actor."
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"The key is, if you're not monkeying around with the script, then everything usually goes pretty well."
Movies
"But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar from a lot of other businesses."
Business
"When you're sent something and read it, either you can see it while you read it, or you can't."
Reading
"When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead."
Film
"Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it."
Film
"I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they all have strengths and weaknesses."
Actor
"The great thing about the business is how Darwinian it is. We have to swim or die - if you are found wanting over a period of time, you've either got to change what you're doing or find something else to do."
Business
"To me the director's job is to leave it in better shape than you found it, literally."
Job
"When things go right it's hard to figure out why, but when things go wrong it's really easy."
Difficulty
"Maybe I'll paint, do photography, just something else. I can see that."
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