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"I understand it all. I can write my own ticket for one or two movies. But if they're not the right ones, my ticket gets yanked. I understand that's how it works, and I'm okay with it."
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"Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show."

"I'd rather direct than produce. Any day. And twice on Sunday."

"You know how many movies it took Tom Cruise before he was making 5, 6 million dollars? It probably took a billion dollars in box office."

"I've been watching so many movies and they all have to do with the DVDs. It's just so much more convenient."

"I mean, I kind of remember... I'm 36 now, so it's kind of hard for me to relate to what it was like when I was 25, or 24, but I do remember a period in time when that's how I defined who I was, by the music I listened to and the movies I went to."

"Movies, obviously, are a little more lucrative. The initial paycheck is better."

"More personal films, you could make them, but your budgets would be cut down."
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"Jonathan Lynn is one of the last actors Orsen Welles used in a production. It was wonderful. He's very sharp, very sharp. It's funny I've been asked how weird it was to have a Brit do a church gospel movie."

"My wife and I have been together since 1986. I graduated in '86 and she graduated in '88. We began dating when she was 17. Actually she turned 18 when we started kissing and stuff."

"The Academy Awards was an amazing night. I know I kind of lost my mind a little bit. I apologize for that. That night went so fast; I can't remember what I said or what happened."

"There are roles I want that my agency might not want me to do because of the subject matter or whatever. Or there are roles that people won't bring to me because they don't think I'll do it. And that is a big strain because an actor wants to act."

"It's a director's job to tell a story and he's very well versed in telling stories with a bit of comedy in them and keeping the pace of the movie right and that's exactly what he did. He was observant of a world he didn't understand but he told a wonderful story."

"Now, I have big-money offers on three movies, and I have director approval. That's kind of scary,' he says. 'No directors have been attached. That's a lot of pressure on me."

"The hardest part was when I was in high school not having a job and always being broke. I had to get to auditions without a car. I either took the bus or walked."

"I understand it all. I can write my own ticket for one or two movies. But if they're not the right ones, my ticket gets yanked. I understand that's how it works, and I'm okay with it."
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