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"And writing I think is a gift that you have, the same as acting, in a way."
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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
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"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."
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"I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved."
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"Great acting may be a turn-on, but it won't make me fantasize about the person for a week."
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"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."
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"I like soap opera acting. If it's done really well, there's nothing better. It's old school. It's like what those melodramas in the '30s and '40s were like."
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"I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain."
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"My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it."
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"Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell."
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"Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months."
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"I'm not a member of a minority but I can empathize with what's going on."
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"I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor."
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"You need cliches. Cliches are what people respond to."
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"People just want to watch movies that are entertaining, it doesn't matter what genre it is."
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"I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny."
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"I will never sign anything which makes me have to do more than one film."
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"I'm as conservative as they come."
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"Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera."
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"Cliches are what make you understand something."
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"Being a producer, I deal with a lot of different directors, and some of them would drive me insane with all the different histrionics, and the mystique that they carry."
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