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"In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility; but when the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, disguise fair nature with hard-favor'd rage."

"War didn't scare me. I just didn't want to go all the way-hell over there to fight one. I had a reputation after that--I pretended I shot myself by accident, but everyone knew. I never did lose that reputation, but now most everyone is dead, and y'all ain't got any stories from them, so you have to believe mine by default: They were cowards, too. Everyone is."

"Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy."
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"I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things."

"I love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people."

"I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing."

"You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting."

"In the past 10 years, I've looked at life as this Pollock stuff. And now I'm almost in the post Pollock phase."

"One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself."

"If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me."

"I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do."
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