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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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"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."
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"Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months."
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"For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting."
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"I'm acting for the pleasure of it."
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"Acting is the greatest answer to my loneliness that I have found."
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"Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else's technique. I like mine."
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"You have to do real acting, not just do a voice."
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"But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting."
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"Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in."
Happiness

"Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them."
Film

"Early on, I found the attention completely embarrassing. I'd cringe if I saw my picture on the cover of a magazine."
Attention

"Most of the time I spent in America, I was having a love affair with some American or other. I was just passing through but stayed because of these chaps."
Love

"I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent."
Talent

"I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting."
Acting

"It takes me time to realize things; I'm a speedy person but a slow thinker."
Time

"Some people enjoy celebrity. I admire those who do, because if you're going to go through it, you might as well enjoy it."
People

"I regret that I wasn't the kind of person who could enjoy celebrity. It embarrassed me too much."
Celebrity

"I was utilized because I have a certain face that works well in cinema, and I'm used to making myself look as good as possible."
Cinema
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