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Quotes by Actor

"The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a not very good idea which sparked off another idea that was only slightly better, which somebody else misunderstood in such a way that they then said something which was really rather interesting."
Idea,

"Diabetes affects my family. One of my kids is affected by it."


"Once the festival achieved a certain level of notoriety, then people began to come here with agendas that were not the same as ours. We can't do anything about that. We can't control that."

"I've had a lot of highs in my life and a lot of lows, some pivotal experiences, and in ways I feel like I've already lived a couple of lives."
Life,


"When I was a little kid, I used to really embarrass my parents."

"I didn't go to a normal high school. It was for people in the performing arts."


"If you're sitting in the audience, you probably can't see the preparation and work that goes into creating a great scene or a great part, but I can assure you that a good film depends on lot of different things falling perfectly into place."

"Woman is the sun, an extraordinary creature, one that makes the imagination gallop."

"I feel it's a person's duty to participate in the governing of the country in which he lives."

"Vietnam was a lie but at least there was a political agenda. It was the domino theory. Iraq is about nothing but George Bush's ego laced with imperialist ambitions. And it was helped by your government."

"There are nuclear weapons in China, Iran, Korea and Pakistan. It wouldn't take much to send a couple of warheads off on this planet somewhere that would cause a lot of environmental damage, then if you have got someone who wants to retaliate you have real problems."


"I've been in this business for a long time at my age, I've just turned 30, and I feel like my wife's career is going incredibly well, my kids are happy and healthy in schools, we've both been able to buy a house for our parents, respectively, in the places they live."

"I think I've spent so much time playing characters that are so far away from me and learning how to technically build and how to technically put something on top of you."

"What I do is not some magical, mystical thing. I simply get up in the morning, get to work on time, say my lines, and do the best I can."

"You know, a low budget, you have to work harder. You have to plan well; you don't have much time to rehearse."

"There was a time when I felt I should do everything that was offered to me, you know, ride the wave."
Time,

"But I learned that there's a certain character that can be built from embarrassing yourself endlessly. If you can sit happy with embarrassment, there's not much else that can really get to ya."

"The difference being that in films, unlike in life, good does always win over evil in the end."

"The joys of my life are my granddaughters. They are beautiful. You don't have to believe me. You can ask my wife. She'll tell you."

"If I were to play somebody who ran a fish and chip shop, I would not work in a fish and chip shop for three months. Staring at chips is not going to help me in my performance."

"It's a really subtle kind of thing. It makes me feel like Randy Harrison is not a human being to them."

"To me, the series was the end of the actor, when the series ended."

"The only achievement I am really proud of is the friends I have made in this community."
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