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Quotes by Actor

"I guess I work well with others I handle younger actors well."

"'UFO's' attitude toward the subject is very similar to mine. It's not an advocacy; its philosophy is more 'I want to believe this, but I want it proved.'"


"I never made a daring rescue, which is the story people want to hear. I did go to my share of fires."

"I think theatre helped, only because it was acting experience. I got to work with a lot of directors."

"The first dog I had was owned by an abusive couple. He was very skittish. He wouldn't let me hold him. It was explained to me that it was because of how he was treated."

"I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research."

"Mother beat the hell out of us. She'd have wild outbursts."

"I mean, I've been in a hundred and fifty films; I don't want to just sit around and talk about things."

"The role of Rimbaud is one of the most important roles to play for a young actor."

"This is not what I would have chosen. But I have a heart to be obedient."


"Unless you're Jack Lemmon or Cary Grant, there are few guys who can do comedy and drama."

"It is important to make your own stuff. Even if you are not an actor, it is important to not stop involving yourself as a creative person."


"I have no interest in writing, directing or producing."

"Stuff with a group, stuff where there are other people around, I'll try that."

"The thing about the UK is we don't really make that many great movies."

"I'm fiercely loyal to my friends, and I really cherish my friendships."


"With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling."

"I think the things I wanted answered have been answered by people in the know that we can't talk about, so I'm perfectly happy with how Chewie came to be where he is and what is going on in Episode III."

"I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved."

"I truly, truly believe that I was going in that direction and all of a sudden fate took me and put me here. It's like something else has other plans for me."

"It's so much easier to go to the Sony movie complex when you're disabled. You take a great elevator. You get your own little private viewing area. I love it."
Love,

"I was always shocked when I went to the doctor's office and they did my X-ray and didn't find that I had eight more ribs than I should have or that my blood was the color green."


"The person who comes up to you and makes the most noise and is the most intrusive is invariably the person in the room who has no respect for you at all, and it's really all about them."


"I've been curious about certain things, but didn't let them get in the way of my life. I don't know how people becoem successful with some kind of habit."

"Someone who doesn't take herself too seriously and can be a goofball. Because everyone's a nerd inside, I don't care how cool you are."
Care,

"I think most people will tell you that. They can go along and, while they're denying that they are addicted, say it's stress this, it's this, it's that. But I - it's - I think - I really believe there is a gene. Some people become addicted and others don't."

"It's good to overexpose yourself with work. But don't expose yourself too much with the press."
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