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"I've been planted here to be a vessel for acting... That's why I'm really taking any part, regardless of how complicated it's going to be."
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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
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"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."
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"I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved."
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"Great acting may be a turn-on, but it won't make me fantasize about the person for a week."
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"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."
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"I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain."
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"Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months."
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"I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely."
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"For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting."
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"I'm acting for the pleasure of it."
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"My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go."
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"I've never been Romeo who meets a girl and falls for her immediately. It's been a much slower process for me each time I've gone into a relationship."
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"The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of saliva into my mouth, and when I walked away I had to spit it all out."
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"If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most people."
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"I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do things that are different. I want to take my time with each role."
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"The role of Rimbaud is one of the most important roles to play for a young actor."
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"School, I never truly got the knack of. I could never focus on things I didn't want to learn."
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"Portraying emotionally ill characters gives me the chance to really act."
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"I've been planted here to be a vessel for acting... That's why I'm really taking any part, regardless of how complicated it's going to be."
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"To believe in love, to be ready to give up anything for it, to be willing to risk your life for it, is the ultimate tragedy."
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