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Quotes by Actor

"I think a film set is a quite controlled environment and you feel like you can trust them and it is going to be a safe place to work, but I really don't think about it."


"I've made a lot of people a lot of money, and I've made a lot of people really happy. I've entertained millions and millions of people."


"I weren't an actor, I'd be a wildlife biologist or forest ranger."

"But if somebody dies, if something happens to you, there is a normal process of depression, it is part of being human, and some people view it as a learning experience etc."

"If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being."


"You know, social issue movies don't make a lot of money."


"Awards sell tickets, and they're a clever publicity stunt."


"But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots."

"No, no I'm not, no, but I just think... when people are naked it tells you a lot about their relationships."


"I guess I'm a little charmed. I never thought this would happen so quick."

"The thing I can say about all this stuff that's going on right now is that I appreciate it."


"Although you have some films that are a real bummer, there's always a film that comes up where it's just heaven."

"I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell."
Want,

"I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act."


"I've mainly been in dramas, so this is one of my first comedy kind of performances in Cecil B. Demented."

"But even with no money you could still go to places like the Scotch Club and, you know, John Lennon might be sitting right over there, but I was certainly not a part of any of that circle. I was truly peripheral."

"But, the relationships that I see work - As long as they're telling the truth, and saying the things that you don't ever want to have to say to another human being."

"It's easy to be led astray when you're so broken. People take advantage of you."

"I think first impressions are important when you pick up a script."

"I write music just for me. I'm certainly not good enough to do it on any kind of a level but I enjoy that time because it's quiet."

"I've always been somewhere down from the top, so I've never had to suffer being knocked off the top."

"There's more depth to Lionel. What I am finding so interesting about playing him is there's all these different layers. I prefer playing Lionel because he's a human being."

"But from what I can see all around me today, that America is fading fast, if it's not already gone."

"They put me in a whole body suit, from my neck to my ankles. It was so bad, I couldn't straighten my legs."
Body,


"There's so many things I want to do. I want to work with great filmmakers, great actors, great scripts. And there's no reason for me to do anything short of that, because I'm 24, I don't have a family, I don't need to make tons of money, and I'm not dying to get famous."
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