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"For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don't want to stand out. You don't want to have a famous father let alone get a job because of your famous father, you know? But I'm a product of nepotism. That's how I got my foot in the door, through my dad."
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"My dad says I could sing before I could talk, if that's possible. I was always humming and things like that."
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"The moment my doctor told me, I went silent. My mum and dad were with me, then we all went to pieces. I was saying, No, I've got my flight to Sydney in two hours. I'm getting on a plane."
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"My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker."
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"When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry."
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"I'm just as insufferable and useless as every other dad is. The dynamic never changes, no matter what you do for a living."
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"The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins."
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"My mother raised three children on her own and my dad was a doctor working 16 hours a day."
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"My current companion, Gerard de Battista, is the father of my two sons."
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"It is a wise father that knows his own child."
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"Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing."
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"What are the aspects of yourself that line up with the character? You magnify those, and the ones that don't match up you kind of kick to the curb."
Character
"My m.o. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the scripts that are offered me. I'm in this wonderful position to be able to do that. The reason I do that is because I know what it takes once I engage, what that means for me personally and for my wife."
Work
"I love John Irving's stuff. It's that marriage of comedy and tragedy. It's really terrific."
Love
"I'm very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we're all receiving art messages from the universe on how we should do the film."
Art
"Making films is sort of like you're pulling off a magic trick. It's sort of like an illusion. It's not real but you want it to appear real, and all kinds of things go into that, from the clothes you're wearing to the make-up, to the light."
Clothes
"I had a great '70s. I survived it, and that's always good news."
News
"Nowadays, in the contract that actors sign, you have to agree that you're going to do a certain amount of publicity-the hard part they don't pay you for."
Actor
"Sure, I get the blues. But what I try to do, is apply joy to the blues, you know? I don't know if it's a technique, or just being bent that way, being raised by the folks I was raised by."
Being
"Movies are like magic tricks."
Movies
"For me, growing up, the downside of it was that as a kid you don't want to stand out. You don't want to have a famous father let alone get a job because of your famous father, you know? But I'm a product of nepotism. That's how I got my foot in the door, through my dad."
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