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Quotes by Actor
"When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does."
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"It sucks to be the runner-up because I've been the runner-up for a long time in my career. I would get so close and then lose a huge movie and sometimes it's one kid who beats you out for three different movies. It's so frustrating at the time, but what's so great is the lesson you take from that, which is, 'I've got to get better.'"
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"I made more money yesterday than I ever thought I'd make in an entire lifetime. But it's like somebody's going to take it all away from me and I'll be back in Texas, installing them damned irrigation wells. I didn't like that when I was sixteen. And I know I wouldn't like it when I'm eighty."
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"But James Gandolfini and Edie Falco, they did such great work, especially in the last show."
Work,
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"Gilligan's Island is wherever you want it to be in your mind."
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"I've always held to the belief, though, that people who do too much acting training always look like they're acting, you know?"
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"Ultimately, love conquers all, and gay or straight, don't we all want to believe that? I would that if this was to happen to me, and one of my kids had come and told me he or she was gay, I would say: If that's the only way you can live, then I love you."
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"It's dismaying to see the unilateralism that the government is doing."
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"I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat."
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"For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole fraternity system? And if the whole fraternity system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you, Greg - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society?"
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"When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states."
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"I don't want to peak too early. The worry is that you never know until it's all over whether you peaked at all - and then you're finished and it's too late."
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"It's changed throughout the years, but at one time I was a really big bubble gum ice cream fan. I'd spit the bubble gum pieces in a cup and then collect them."
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"This whole business feels kind of intense, like a bad fit. Round peg, square hole. But whatever, I'll take it."
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"Growth as an actor and as a human being are synonymous."
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"If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing."
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"We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others."
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"We were given clear concrete tools. The course did a great job demystifying the art of fiction writing and fostering confidence. The instructor brought complex concepts down to earth. I will miss coming here every week."
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"I think you always learn something in every character you play onstage, either personally or creatively."
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"We're competing with everything: the beach, the mall, bookstores. Libraries are in a transition right now, caught between two forces, the old ways and technology. Libraries are under a lot of pressure to provide both."
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"I think L.A.'s terrific. You fly an hour and a half and you're in the mountains in three feet of powder. I also think it's a much better city if you're working as an actor. If you're not working and you don't see your dreams coming true, there can be a lot of heartache."
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"You can watch any episode you want and have a compelling story being told."
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"The only thing that can stop hair from falling ... is the floor."
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"It's the texture of New York that people miss by filming elsewhere. There are layers and layers of character - even in the pavement - that you can't get anywhere else. And the speed that the people move. It's so different from other places."
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"Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far."
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"No matter how well you do, no matter how successful you are, they're always going to criticize you."
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