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Quotes by Actor

"I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me."

"The cast gets along pretty well, it's a good work environment. I hang out a lot with Brett Claywell, he plays Tim Smith on the show. We play plenty of basketball."

"I might get drunk one day and fall in love or fall over a hooker outside, and I would have consummated a relationship that I couldn't necessarily believe in."

"Pacifists are like sheep who believe that wolves are vegetarians."

"I would have loved to have met some former spies, but they don't readily advertise themselves unless they're not living in Moscow, and even then. I'm sure I've met some without realizing it."

"If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her."

"It's strange how parts come along, how life lives us, and what we get to do with the abilities that are given us."
Life,

"There's a lot of labor involved in the birth of a new town."

"Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81."

"When you first are in front of the camera as a young person, you'd be surprised at all the insecurities you can get."


"A lot has been written about Tony Perkins and myself and I figured, Let's get it straight. I had a relationship with Tony for two to three years, but those are only threads in the tapestry of my whole life."

"You always think that 70 is the end of the road: 'Somebody died when they were 73; good life'. You're closer to death, and you better make sure you don't waste too much of your time doing things you don't want to do. No point in saying things you don't believe in."

"You come on as a guest. You don't get the girl anymore. But that is our lives. You start off as the boyfriend, then you are the lover, then you are the husband, then you are the father, and then you are the grandfather."

"My personal philosophy would be don't whine, don't let opportunities pass you by, be willing to work hard, and remember that you don't know as much as you think you do, ever."

"I'm a civic busybody and I've been blessed with an active career."

"A lot of the television industry is so cookie-cutter. In general, there are so many shows that are easy and bland to watch. You can tune in at any time and know exactly where you are in the story arc because it's pretty much the same every week."

"Hear the birds? Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm deaf and I try to imagine what it's like not to be able to hear them. It's not that bad."


"But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity."

"Oh, my God! My wife and I, boy, we got down that night. On a personal note!"


"Every actress has a line she'll draw, where she'll say, This I will do and this I won't. For me, everything has to be important to the story and the director has to be able to tell me why."
Will,

"The Jungian view of drama would be that it affects all of our imaginations and somehow taps into our hidden, ancient, primordial memories."


"You see another side of Draco when he's with his dad. When Draco is with his dad, he doesn't say anything. He keeps his mouth shut. He's sort of bullied by his dad, so he acts very different."

"I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point."
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