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"The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you."

"We want the best actor, and that's why Matt Damon worked so well in this role, because he's a great actor."

"The only thing we don't do together is get in front of an actor and show any indecision at all about what we think. We don't always agree, so we meet privately, then one or the other will approach the actor."

"I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor."

"I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it."
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"I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it came out. You see this young, hungry actor, it's pretty fun. I was the only one they screen tested. It was an attempt by the director and producer to talk the head of the studio into hiring me because they didn't want me."

"I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else."

"It does get old to have to always be a monkey in a zoo. I don't know what it's like any more to be anonymous."

"I'll be honest with you. My kids don't watch my movies and never have. I can maybe name a film one hand that they've seen, actually, all the way through."

"I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about."

"There's the most resistance to an actor singing. It's like I'm being disloyal to my industry."

"I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell."

"When it happened to us and it was all gone overnight, we said, 'We are in this together, we are healthy, our children are healthy and we can work'."

"I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act."
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