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Quotes by Actor
"We see less of Dave, certainly, and he's kind of fallen out of the sphere of our group, mostly because he's working on his show, and has kind of lost the fun of the party."
8
"The people I worked with were bigger than life. Once you put them on the screen, they were huge."
8
"Every time I try to retire, or even think of retiring from acting, my agent comes up with a script."
8
"But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don't have something that I want to die for - anymore."
8
"I never wanted to be aligned to a mature group because they go off and become politicians and stuff."
8
"I bought all the stuff, but nothing was as satisfying to me as using the Rolleiflex because it was one shot."
8
"So there was a constant flow and a thin line there between reality and television and yes, much of what I was experiencing in my real life was also what was going on in the television show to the extent that I had to take writers' advice and from the counselors around."
8
"There's an ecstasy about doing something really good on film: the composition of a shot, the drama within the shot, the texture... It's palpable."
8
"Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck."
8
"It's funny; I actually made poorer decisions when I sobered up then when I was screwed up."
8
"I never felt comfortable in real life very well. It's always been an awkward kind of thing for me and so when I hit the stage I just sensed freedom. I sensed here's a place that I can have all the experiences of life and not feel uncomfortable about it."
8
"Lance Armstrong is the guy that I would put up there as one of my heroes. He's done something that no one else has done and when you put into it what he overcame, it's absolutely unbelievable."
8
"There's something about childhood friends that you just can't replace."
8
"There was one where Gomez was on a Trapeze hanging by the legs upside down. I remember how much the backs of my knees would hurt until I got used to it. It was hard."
Hurt,
8
"When we were doing 'Freaks and Geeks', I didn't quite understand how movies and TV worked, and I would improvise even if the camera wasn't on me. I thought I was helping the other actors by keeping them on their toes, but nobody appreciated it when I would trip them up. So I was improvising a little bit back then, but not in a productive way."
8
"You might make a lot of money, but it's very hard to get out from under that rug. The more you can reinvent yourself, the better - and unfortunately TV is designed not to let you redesign yourself."
8
"And like everybody else, I like the Rocky movies, but if you look at them again you can see all the misses, but the intensity of it, but that wasn't what this is."
8
"In this case it appealed to me partly because it felt close to me in some ways. This is about a confused, bewildered middle class Englishman adrift in smalltown America and that has definitely been me."
8
"I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts."
8
"Maybe It's not the biggest blockbuster film, but there will be some people that will see it, that will be debating it, that will be questioning their own sense of spirituality. If the film resonates, then I have succeeded in what I set out to do."
8
"When I tried to branch out into comedy, I didn't do very well at it, so I went back to doing what I do naturally well, or what the audience expects from me - action pictures."
8
"You have to do things people see or you don't get to do anything."
8
"If the prime directives were followed a little more accurately here on earth, I mean it sounds somewhat Pollyanna, but I think people would certainly get along better."
8
"I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class."
8
"Well you know I've been fan of Tony Hillerman's books for years."
8
"This is definitely the first curmudgeon, no doubt about it."
8
"If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner."
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