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"My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective."
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"To he who avenges a father, nothing is impossible."

"The Rat Pack was the piece that really kicked me out of that little funk that I was in and then Ted called me up and asked me if I wanted to be the dad in Blow."

"But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met."
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"It was dangerous to hit the wrong kid in my neighborhood, because a lot of the guys I played with had fathers in the Mafia."


"Any time you're trying to do a movie with a happy ending, it's very difficult because it's been done before and you don't want to be manipulative."


"I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with 'It's a masterpiece,' and then tell me what you think could be changed."


"I wouldn't even get elected. I'd probably deck a couple of people, too which would not play very well with the national media."


"You had to know how to fight or you had to know how to avoid a fight. I didn't enjoy fighting, so I learned how to avoid them."


"My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom."


"American people are not evil. Given information, they will do the right thing. But they're not given the information."


"I love iconoclasts. I love individuals. I love people that are true to themselves, whatever the cost."


"I've been lucky-my looks haven't put me into one category. I don't look like a blue blood. I don't look like a criminal. I don't look like anything."
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