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Quotes by Actor

"And there are so many people in the third world suffering so horribly right now, and we are so focused on ourselves and our culture that a lot of things are showing up in our culture that are making it impossible for us to focus on others. We're so self-focused."

"A lot of times, women don't get the male perspective in regards to a relationship, what men go through when they're not really dealing well."

"But in film you always watch situations or stories that you really have no relation to. A lot of times just because there's no personal connection doesn't mean you can't connect with the film or the characters in the film."


"And when I stopped doing that and started thinking about what feels natural and what feels right to me and started pleasing myself, then it became good."

"My father was an American who could cuss in Italian and make an aria out of it. It was wonderful to watch. But then again, he was a Gemini. I believe in that stuff."

"We had to be parents by long distance, which is far from satisfactory."

"You have to get through the Hamlet hoop as a young actor. Your classical qualifications are based on the quality of your Hamlet. And then, as an older actor, you have to get through the Lear hoop. And I'm approaching the Lear hoop."

"The biggest problem that we have is that California is being run now by special interests. All of the politicians are not anymore making the moves for the people, but for special interests and we have to stop that."

"I love to entertain, I love to make people laugh, cry, and move them, perhaps moving them in their lives."


"I'm passionate about learning. I'm passionate about life."


"Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy and concentration and skill."

"I wanted to play around with the format, really tear it to pieces and shake it up. For example, if Mitch saves someone from drowning, and that person then goes out and releases a virus that kills a million people. Imagine the moral implications of that."

"It's a real primal thing, watching someone get hurt. It's funny and accessible."

"For the last four or five years, I had been in the position where I didn't have to take a pilot. I took this one because the script and the people were terrific. It never frightened me. As we were doing the pilot, I could tell that it was working."

"In Hollywood if you're good looking, tall, have OK teeth and nice skin, the odds of being successful are great. If you're short and fat, it's a different story. But as long as you look like a leading man type, half your job is done already."

"You start where you can get an opportunity, you take everything that you can do to gain entrance. You do the little work and you try to find people who can teach you."

"There's no one actor in particular that I want to model my career after, except for the people who have been able to keep their career varied and who choose things that interest them. That opportunity is all I really want."

"We must do more to protect our neighborhoods and give integrity to our community plans."


"Skiing is better than sex actually, because for me a good round of sex might be seven minutes. Skiing you can do for seven hours."
Sex,

"I have been exposed to a great amount of temptation throughout the course of my career."

"There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success."

"I started to realise that it wasn't for me. Perhaps I didn't have to give my Hamlet before I died, that the world might be an OK place without my Hamlet, in fact."

"I've got the best deal on Earth. Where else can I sin and know that I'm forgiven for it?"
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