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"Acting is like a Halloween mask that you put on."
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"I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting."
"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."
"You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom."
"Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take."
"I jumped into acting because it was fun. It was tougher when I had to take my fun seriously."
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"People wonder if I'll always be a part of this family and the answer is yes. My family has a lot of good energy going in one direction and because of it, we get a lot of things done. That's why I'll always spend a lot of time at Camp Phoenix."
"I sometimes lie, especially about personal things, because what does it matter? I am a kind of minute commodity, my name is no longer my own."
"It still strikes me as strange that anyone could have any moral objection to someone else's sexuality. It's like telling someone else how to clean their house."
"I did my best work in The Mosquito Coast. I know it wasn't such a big hit, but for me it was more meaningful than anything else I'd ever done."
"Music is my main goal, but I'm not going to rush a record out. There are so many actors who have come out with albums these days. I don't want to do it because it's the thing to do. I want to wait until the time is right."
"I can't on my own change the regime in South Africa or teach the Palestinians to learn to live with the Israelies, but I can start with me."
"Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling products I didn't believe in."
"When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it's kind of a big name to hold up when you're nine years old. It seemed goofy. I used to tell people I wanted to change the world and they used to think, 'This kid's really weird'."
"Everything is ironic to me. There are moments I find hysterical, but I'm probably the only one who would find that, except for a few people."
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