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"As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive."
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"Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it."
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"I think I am a much better actor than I have allowed myself to be."
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"It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor."
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"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."
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"If you're going to be that kind of actor and go way out there, it's really important to take care of yourself and have a safe place, whatever that is."
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"A reporter discovers, in the course of many years of interviewing celebrities, that most actors are more attractive behind a spotlight than over a spot of tea."
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"But I would like to think that it's the actor that makes the difference in these cases. Not the director, not the guy that wrote the book, not the guy that adapted it for the screen, but the actor."
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"You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range of the actor and, if necessary, alter the part to suit the actor."
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"As an actor, I've grown considerably. It's taken me years to get comfortable doing a romantic scene and dancing on stage in front of a live audience. I've really opened up a lot."
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"James Ivory comes close to the actors for the first rehearsal. He more or less lets you direct yourself and then will only correct you if he finds it incorrect."
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"I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act."
Movies
"The business that people do in LA on the social level is amazing. You go to a restaurant, bump into this guy or that guy. The next day you get a call, and they want you in their movie."
Business
"Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic."
Cute
"I'm obsessed with zombies. I like watching zombie movies and I read zombie books."
Movies
"There are very few things that are purely conceptual without any hard content."
Content
"There is a lesson there about greed and it is a lesson I am willing to learn as well. Has it made me a distrustful person? I don't think so. But we probably look a bit more carefully at our financial situation now."
Finance
"If you're an actor, even a successful one, you're still waiting for the phone to ring."
Success
"Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good."
Celebrity
"A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly."
Actor
"Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough."
Friendship
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