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Quotes by Actor
"I had been doing summer stock every summer while I was in college. We did a showcase, like most good conservatories do - monologues and things that agents and casting directors come to see. From that I got an agent."
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"We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me a break, it's only a movie."
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"But I'm attracted to roles where I get to really go in and explore a character."
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"I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life."
Life,
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"If you have an opportunity to use your voice you should use it."
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"I mean, Scorsese's a genius, and that's one way of shooting."
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"Now, on the St. Louis team we have Who's on first, What's on second, I Don't Know is on third."
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"Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can't escape it."
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"As an actor, I travel around a lot and live in a lot of hotels, and many times I've been in a town where the only entertainment to be had is what you find in the hotel bar or lobby."
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"I have never described the time I was in Doctor Who as anything except a kind of ecstatic success, but all the rest has been rather a muddle and a disappointment. Compared to Doctor Who, it has been an outrageous failure really - it's so boring."
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"What we try to say is that it doesn't matter if you are a Republican or a Democrat or conservative or independent. You are equally responsible for your place in the culture, and you must make a contribution, and you must accept responsibility for what goes down on your watch."
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"Myth is supposed to bring us together, but fantasy alienates us."
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"I think one probably absorbs things like a sponge and things emerge without your always being aware of it."
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"You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them."
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"I'm not an Adonis, that's for damn sure. I've never really thought of myself that way, and it doesn't matter to me. My favorite actors aren't Adonises. Dustin Hoffman is a flawed-looking man; he's amazing to me. Tom Hanks is flawed-looking; people love him. Same with Gene Hackman."
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"If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors."
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"Dirty Harry, for example. Clint Eastwood was not a rogue cop. He was a maverick cop, but he was a good guy."
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"On stage, we just want to generate hysteria. We don't care about looking cool or posing."
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"I've got nine kids, nine dogs, three grandkids - and one in the oven. And three parrots!"
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"A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself."
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"Whenever I'm asked who my favourite co-star is, I always hesitate in giving an answer."
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"One thing that is almost always said to me is, I grew up with you. They are meeting me and feel that they actually grew up with me. I was with them during their play hours and thinking hours. I was a part of their childhoods. That's one of the most amazing things."
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"But I did a lot of boxing and I was captain of an Australian surf club."
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"It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows."
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"A fan club is a group of people who tell an actor he's not alone in the way he feels about himself."
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"We need innovation in education and dedication to the task before us."
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"There is absolutely no way that I would enter that world. I would never run for office."
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"At this point, I'm spoiled. I've actually had a really blessed career."
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