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Quotes by Actor

"You're working on being a father, so that is something that when you experience it you'll understand the profundity of wanting to protect something dear to you."

"I would love to have a photographic memory. It would come in handy with the rants I'm given on Scrubs... often on short notice!"

"I've seen the teaser trailer for Revenge of the Sith though and I think it will be excellent."


"People generally have sex fairly young, and probably younger than they should be having it."


"Today films are made to cater to commercial markets created by multiplexes, not for those who enjoy good cinema."

"I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them."

"I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor of getting to do more feature work, I would love that. I know that if I make any other long-term TV commitments, it's not going to be on a drama."

"Only very rarely are foreigners or first-generation immigrants allowed to be nice people in American films. Those with an accent are bad guys."

"In my younger years my dedication may have expressed itself egotistically."

"We don't know what we're writing until it just comes out. We don't sit around crunching numbers."


"I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts."

"One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist."

"I try to do as many stunts as they'll let me do. I think it's important for an audience to feel that the actor's really doing it."

"War is usually fought over diminishing resources, particulary those that we perceive to be extremely valuable."
War,

"It was a lot of fun on the set. I had the most fun making that movie out of all of them. I'm sure if I sat and thought about it, but none that I could think of offhand."

"I love the normalcy of Cleveland. There's regular people there."

"Fay has spirituality too, but she also has that very real sex appeal that takes hold of the hearts of men."

"I need to talk about Chinese culture. We have deep, strong philosophy and culture. I want to share some information, tell the worldwide audience."


"I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be."

"I don't really know of the Jewish tradition of comedy, only the Jewish tradition of not keeping your mouth shut. Complaining about all that is hard, unfair or ridiculous in life-having strong feelings, and not being able to suppress them. That, to me, is Jewish."

"I should remember more, and I have a pretty good memory."

"Some directors expect you to do everything; write, be producer, psychiatrist. Some just want you to die in a tragic accident during the shooting so they can get the insurance."

"There's a lot of people who feel there's a tabloid journalist who had it coming."


"The marvelous thing is that for thousands of years people have continued questioning and searching and ultimately concluding that reasons for certain occurrences are not given to man to know."

"Being the only non-Black was a unique experience. After a few weeks, you're not aware of skin color differences. You see the color; you're not blind, but it doesn't matter. You see the human being first."


"If I was on a march at the moment I would be saying to everyone: 'Be honest with each other. Admit there are limitless possibilities in relationships, and love as many people as you can in whatever way you want, and get rid of your inhibitions, and we'll all be happy."


"That's why I never took this business too seriously, thinking I was something special, when I knew the truly great performers in motion pictures. pictures."

"I truly miss the genius of the music of John Lennon, as I'm sure everybody does."

"I do know there are a lot of people who seem to be in my corner, and that's, of course, wonderful. I'm really more interested in the nomination than in the award, because I think the nomination just puts you within a group of outstanding actors."
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