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"I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice."

"Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite."

"That was me under the bath and the water being held down. The director wanted it to look as real as possible so he told Keanu, in front of me, don't go easy on her. So it was scary."

"I prefer being as far from the centre of celebrity as possible."

"I put on the fat suit and went outside and walked around. I was really nervous about being found out, but nobody would even make eye contact with me. It really upset me."

"A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself."

"I got so used to being unstable that I started to only be comfortable being unstable."

"Being thrown into the fire and getting the thing turned around in a hurry made it more difficult. Things have been done the hard way. I think you learn better when things are done the hard way."

"How one can live without being able to judge oneself, criticize what one has accomplished, and still enjoy what one does, is unimaginable to me."
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"My wife says that stage acting is like being on a tightrope with no net, and being in the movies, there is a net - because you stop and go over it again. It's very technical and mechanical. On stage you're on your own."

"This country has a complex about age. It's unbelievable. If you're over thirty, you've had it in this country."

"One thing changes every evening: It's the audience, and I'm working my magic. I'm always learning from it."

"And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done."
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