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"My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'"
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"I remember when first, Stripes, and then Animal House came out - which I was really proud of, even though it was kind of loose and quite raucous - there were imitative movies that were not quite as good."
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"I make movies I want to see."
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"I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations."
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"I've been very successful doing voices in movies. I did Olive, the Other Reindeer, with Drew Barrymore, and I did Cats and Dogs. My children came to some of the sessions."
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"There were not fifteen people in the story department and twenty-five producers and stuff. And Roger had produced 1,000 movies and directed a couple of hundred, and their comments were always very, very specific."
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"Like some of my other movies, 'Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes' is also a very political film, and many critics still consider it even the best of all the Apes movies, because it conveys a series of political viewpoints."
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"I know there's a great deal that Arnold Schwarzenegger could teach me about making movies. There's a great deal I could teach him about the fiscal reforms that are needed - desperately needed - to set California back in good order."
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"I have to say I regretted giving up animated movies."
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"Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few bars."
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"All I do is go to the movies."
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"There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy."
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"I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do."
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"I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts."
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"My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'"
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"But there isn't any second half of myself waiting to plug in and make me whole. It's there. I'm already whole."
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"I can't deny the fact that you like me! You like me!"
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"I was raised to sense what someone wanted me to be and be that kind of person. It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes."
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"I think the first thing I did was several scenes from Romeo and Juliet."
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"You lose your habitual behavior, which allowed you to sort of zone out. You have to be here, you have to be now, you have to be present."
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"I think that's very sad, that I haven't allowed my heart to be broken. I have broken a few."
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