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Quotes by Actor

"We still live with this unbelievable threat over our heads of nuclear war. I mean, are we stupid? Do we think that the nuclear threat has gone, that the nuclear destruction of the planet is not imminent? It's a delusion to think it's gone away."

"The real rub is finding that authentic self and it's not something that's going to come to you overnight."
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"It's not highly intellectual material. I'm dedicating it to the pulp fiction of the past."

"My interpretation of a strong director is someone who knows their story. That's what directors are, they're storytellers because they're directing where your focus is going to be as an audience."

"One of the unique things is that whether we were out at sea or in the middle of the water tank, a lot of times you just couldn't leave. Especially when we were out at sea."

"I think that being a conscious parent opens your eyes to the fact that any adult relationships that you have, whenever children are present on a daily basis, that they're modeling how they get along with people by what they see how you get along."

"Personally speaking there's only so long you can go from film to film to film. There's an inspiration an actor gets from the stage."

"But a year before that, I was starting to drink beer on the set of the film Lucas (1986)."

"But Clint I love, because Clint was my mentor. I knew nothing about making an Italian movie."

"I'm a creature of habit. I go to restaurants all the time and stuff."

"All you owe the public is a good performance."


"There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers."

"Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstanding."

"Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music."

"I had to weave and play around with a honey bear, you know, and I could wrestle with him a little bit, but there's no way you can even wrestle a honey bear, let alone a grizzly bear that's standing ten feet to eleven feet tall! Can you imagine? But it was fascinating to work that close to that kind of animal."

"Well, I want to do The Music Man. I think it's an amazing opportunity, but I think that they are probably looking at major movie stars right now, and I don't blame them."

"You do show after show after show and get them done and on the air. Television devours material. We work a minimum of 12, 14 hours, and often 15, 18 hours a day."

"The only creatures that are evolved enough to convey pure love are dogs and infants."

"Mostly I do films that mainstream Hollywood wouldn't touch."

"I read the script and try not to bring anything personal into it. I make notes, talk to the director and we decide what kinds of shades should be in the character."

"You know, people come up with formulas who are uncreative. They can't picture something different so they can only go by something that's laid out for them."

"The best roles you have to fight for. You have to really want to do it and you have to go after it."


"I'm not giving up acting, I'm definitely not going to stop."

"But I love to be outdoors. I prefer being outdoors to, you know, being inside."

"I have a great relationship with my parents. I have not been on lithium."
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