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"I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors."
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"I start with the story, almost in the old campfire sense, and the story leads to both the characters, which actors should best be cast in this story, and the language. The choice of words, more than anything else, creates the feeling that the story gives off."

"Look at someone like Edward Norton. A truly phenomenal actor. He's definitely went to school and trained."

"When you look at some of the most respected actors there are and the crap that they're in... it didn't used to be that way."

"It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're writers who perform their own material. It's more interesting. And they're sexy because they risk more. Stand-up comedians risk more than anyone."

"From 1980 to 1990, I shot more films than any other actor in the Screen Actors Guild, apart from Gene Hackman."

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