"I'm not a movie star like other actors in the way that I need to walk with a bodyguard."

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"I want just to be happy and peaceful. And that's not always the case when you're married."

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"Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it."

"I think I am a much better actor than I have allowed myself to be."

"It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor."

"Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor."

"Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely."

"I want to keep doing different things. I'd like to do a more personal, dramatic movie next, I think. But as long as it's about characters and good writing and good parts for actors, that's what's important."

"I view the whole thing as a collaboration. As an actor, I always found that to be the most freeing thing, when the director would collaborate with you, so that together you'd come up with something exponentially better."

"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."

"If you're going to be that kind of actor and go way out there, it's really important to take care of yourself and have a safe place, whatever that is."

"To be an actor you have to be a child."

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"It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, This person is idealistic, this person is strong, this person has dreams, when you know better most of the time. You put what you want to see on people."

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"I always say I was born too late in the world, too old."

"If you want to be happy, live discreetly. Does that make sense in English?"

"I want just to be happy and peaceful. And that's not always the case when you're married."

"Before, I was so stupid. But, you know, when you have friends who died on the street, you say, okay, let's calm down. It's not the kind of energy I want to have in life. I want to go slower, and longer."

"I wanted to become a champ - I was surrounded by champs in my family and in my neighborhood - and because of this stupid accident, I lost my opportunity."

"Otherwise, to be a movie star, it's a lot of compromise and also a lot of headaches. You can't do what you want. You become a prisoner of your fame. This happened to me in France and I don't want it."

"And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker."

"I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him."