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"The purpose of employment is not to make money."

"Having a job is being busy."

"There were probably about five games in my career where everything was moving in slow motion and you could be out there all day, totally in the zone, and you don't even know where you are on the field, everything is just totally blocked out."

"My career seems to be a career of non-specific subjects which are all over the place."

"Actually I've never had formal training, I was lucky enough to continue working most of my career and aside from sitting in on a couple of classes, here and there, I basically just use my own instincts."

"This was more than just a cow - this was an entire career I was looking at."

"But when it became an international hoopla where careers lived and died on whether or not you did or didn't get an Oscar, then it got out of hand."
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"I recently turned down a film that I didn't want my kids to see. Priorities shift. Sometimes I'm sad about that, but not enough to do anything about it."

"Directors say that you should get actors before they are recognized. They will be a pain or have an opinion."

"I failed to fulfill what should have been an interesting role. I couldn't take their formula and bring what I had, my humor, my ideas, and make it my own."

"The studios are very much business. Maybe it was always that way. It is really commercial now. Judgments are made and directions are given to make the cash register ring."

"I used to watch dailies and felt I had to keep on top of the character, but I don't feel that any more."
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