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"I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting."
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"In acting process, it's very difficult to explain. It's something very intimate, very private."
"I went whole hog at the actor's lifestyle - really embraced it. I had by then known how much I loved acting already, because I discovered acting from a teacher in the seminary - that's the first place I ever did it, in the seminary."
"Movie magic is movie magic and acting magic is acting magic."
"There are all kinds of other things I could do, things I would probably like, but only acting would give me emotional fulfillment."
"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
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"Not too much, though there's a certain amount of rancour and bitterness when someone tries to fire you."
"No, I'm not rich. I had a tax problem in this country, curiously enough, and my accountant said the British government was patently wrong in taxing me, and they were, but we couldn't persuade them and it cost me everything I had."
"Everything was my fault. I was so dumb. But if I hadn't made the mistakes I made, I wouldn't have met the wonderful woman I've been married to for over 30 years, so I guess that makes the mistakes OK."
"Joe Wright called me and I also had some trepidation along those lines but he said no, it would work. He had a very clear and specific idea of what he wanted to do."
"I had a kind of meandering little career, and then I was given a chance to play one of the bottom six in The Dirty Dozen."
"Vietnam was a lie but at least there was a political agenda. It was the domino theory. Iraq is about nothing but George Bush's ego laced with imperialist ambitions. And it was helped by your government."
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