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William H. Macy

"I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion."

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"I'm a firm believer that character is highly overrated. Character is a trick that we do with the audience's collusion."

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"You are mistaken, he is not a gentleman but a sir. Just a sir. For a gentleman is grander and a rare acquaintance."

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"I know that I sound like the joker, but the joker is a great character."

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"Integrity is more than truth and honesty; integrity is an unshackled mind, a happy heart, and a light spirit. Integrity is inner peace with a clear, clean conscience. Integrity is self-respect, honor, and credibility. Integrity is healthy and unfettering, and it is worth defending."

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"Because I'm selfish. I'm a coward. I'm the kind of girl who, when she might actually be of use, would run to stay alive and leave those who couldn't follow to suffer and die."

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"The main qualities that had earned him this universal respect in the service were, first, an extreme indulgence towards people, based on his awareness of his own shortcomings; second, a perfect liberalism, not the sort he read about in the newspapers, but the sort he had in his blood, which made him treat all people, whatever their rank or status, in a perfectly equal and identical way; and, third - most important - a perfect indifference to the business he was occupied with, owing to which he never got carried away and never made mistakes."

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Amber Hurdle

"It was a satisfying bravery, it never aroused antagonism."

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"There was a little girl And she had a little curl Right in the middle of her forehead When she was good she was very very good When she was bad she was horrid."

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"The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the bed and the character trait of ambition."

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"The Christian should stand out like a sparkling diamond against a rough background. He should be more wholesome than anyone else. He should be poised, cultured, courteous, gracious, but firm in the things that he does and does not do. He should laugh and be radiant, but he should refuse to allow the world to pull him down to its level."

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Amber Hurdle

"Everyone in my story has it's own character, GreenHollyWood cheeky, hypocritical and near to mad guy. A guy who really can't understand you and have very wrong conclusion so far I can say they are full of doubt.John Barker, wow that's one of my favourite characters, he is the guy who always lies and always somebody is behind him, he works at the bakery, he tries to devastate a lot of stuff.James Downder, the drunkard who knows probably he takes drugs or not, so far he is full of depression and so far the depression kills people...."

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"I got an agent. He said, what do you wanna do, and I said, I want an Oscar nomination. That's your job, that's what I'm paying you for. And I got it."
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"I think theater is powerful. The best experiences I had in the theater are more powerful than the best experiences I had in movies."
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"When I was in New York, I was making a living. We had a summer house and a car that I could put in a garage. That's something for a stage actor."
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"The Spirit Awards are great too, they'll say anything because they're not televised. Another great drinking night."
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"The only people who do plays in LA are people who can't get jobs in TV shows."
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"Ninety percent of the preparation we do as actors is just jive. It doesn't do anything."
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"I'm not against watching myself, but I miss a lot of it. I've got two little kids who we don't let watch TV."
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"A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife."
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"Nobody became an actor because he had a good childhood."
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"When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera."
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