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Quotes by Actor
"A saint is a person who gives of themself without asking for anything in return. That's how simple it is to be a saint. Try it! Try being a saint."
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"I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion."
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"I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican, young or old."
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"I remember in Shallow Grave I remember a few times when we'd only have to do one take. But when you did have to do more than one, you'd build on the one you'd done."
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"Immortality is to live your life doing good things, and leaving your mark behind."
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"Filmgoers are starved for new ideas, voices and visions."
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"I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers."
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"As a kid I was short and only weighed 95 pounds. And though I was active in a lot of Sports and got along with most of the guys, I think I used comedy as a defense mechanism. You know making someone laugh is a much better way to solve a problem than by using your fists."
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"The Welsh are all actors. It's only the bad ones who become professional."
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"I am doing things that are true to me. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled."
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"To some it may be a thrill to be known, to me it's a thrill to start a friendship even up."
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"When I write stuff and I help cast it, I turn away good people all the time. I may turn them down because this one's too tall and that one doesn't have a high enough voice or this one looks to old to match up with that one - there's a billion reasons not to hire somebody."
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"If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there."
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"And in 'Frisco Kid' and in 'The Woman in Red' I had to ride badly. Then you have to really ride well in order to ride badly."
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"I ultimately have faith though, that good films will find their audience."
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"The idea of transformation - playing something I'm not - is the bit I enjoy most about acting."
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"The story of Little Blue Riding Hood is true. Only the color has been changed to prevent an investigation."
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"George has only got to ring me. His imagination is so wonderful, I'd do any character he might create."
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"I ain't got nothing. I've got this watch, and these shoes, and that's about it."
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"Yeah, it's nice to get paid for therapy rather than having to pay $240 an hour for it."
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"When I was doing theater, I was very successful at believing that I was great, God's gift to the theater."
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"The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down."
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"For some reason, my whole life has been, 'You can't do this, you can't do that.'"
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"We both can be the most beautiful and benevolent creatures on the planet, but then there's another side that can be as harsh and as ugly as the darkest thing you could imagine seeing."
Ugly,
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"Well, I've learned something from Michael Robison just about maximizing your shots. For example, if I'm shooting a scene and someone's driving at the wheel, you could steal an insert in the same shot."
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"I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go."
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"I grew up in a family where the internalized understanding was that the kids were going to grow up into a better world. I worry, because I don't think my kids are going to have that. The world is very scary. The world would be scary without the choices the current administration made, but they just exacerbated it. And it ticks me off. I want my kids to have a good life."
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"I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor."
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"You never know how things will last, if they will last, and how people will use them in the future. It was a fun movie for young people at the time in the 80s; but it struck a cord with people and it has lasted so I'm very proud of being a part of that."
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"When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself."
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"There's nothing worse than finding yourself in a situation, a very demanding piece of work, and knowing that you're not a true ally to the person who's in charge of all that."
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"People say it's a movie about boxing, but... I don't agree at all. I don't think it's a movie about boxing. Boxing is like a platform. It's just a stage where this is played out."
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"Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed."
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"The Dead was cool, It's a great horror story. I went to the casting director of this movie and talked to him, then they called my agent and had me come in and read for it and they wanted to use me."
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