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Quotes by Actor

"I think the writing on the wall is definitely there this year that this is probably our last year."

"You have to love the guy that you play, even if you play the villain, you've got to love him."

"I've always tried to kind of stretch my wings as an actor and do things that are different."

"Sometimes when I see a performance that really takes me, I struggle. How can I express this to this person, I want this person to know how I felt. I want to get this across, and it's not very easy."

"Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story."
Talk,

"I am very proud to be a part of the Livestrong Foundation. I am maybe only a member but I give everything I can to be sure that people understand that cancer is a disease for everybody - not only in France, in Europe, in Asia, it is all over the world. We must fight together, we must make something to fight the cancer, we must Livestrong."

"As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long."

"New Orleans is a city whose basic industry is the service industry. That's why it makes its money. That's - it brings people to the city. People come to the city and experience the wonders of this extraordinary city and everything else. The question is that, how do we create jobs which are the jobs that have pay, that - living wages?"


"My children are 10 and three, and the longing and the need for them is incredibly powerful."

"Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else's technique. I like mine."

"Fans are really important for me. And if they take pains to write me, it's the minimum that I answer myself."
Fans,


"That was the beginning of modern acting for me. You don't have to tell a camera everything. It gets bored if you do and wants to look elsewhere."

"As far as big egos, there are definitely guys out there that just think God only knows what about themselves."
God,

"This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can be no sincerity in them."

"I wouldn't have wanted to miss the opportunity to make those three films that didn't do well. They were really important to me, and the things I learned doing them were important to me."

"Coppola has problems getting financing, so why should I not have problems getting financing."

"Coming out involves varying degrees of difficulty that are affected by class, race, religion, and geography."


"The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor."

"I would like to feel that I have a range and that it's not just a matter of being a comic actor or a serious actor, because those are really artificial classifications, I think."

"I think the same way about theatre, you go out there and you are creating a world for a moment that can actually have a real impact on people, present some kind of story that gives you something to think about when you walk away, feeling enriched - if it works out well."

"To tell an ally - who is shedding blood next to you - that you can't share information is a crime."

"Film and television is just a different technique in terms of how to approach the camera but basically the job is the same; but what you learn as a craft in theater, you can then learn to translate that into any mediums."

"I was a guy who needed to go to class, because I had some raw talent that I thought was identifiable, when I finally made a decision to be an actor. And yet I wanted to learn how to really do the stuff. You know, 'How do I get to be a serious actor?'"


"And Big Night, I think by the end the brothers find that balance, when they touch each other on the shoulder over breakfast and it's understood that what should never have driven them apart almost drove them apart. I think that's a true moment."

"Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men."

"I think the best type of action movie combines a love story with the action."

"The Korean war has always been an unpopular war among the American people."
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