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Quotes by Actor
"At the end of four years' time, at graduation, we were down to 12. At our reunion that we had several years ago, only 1 out of the 52 actually made it to ordination and priesthood. So there you go, there's your numbers."
52
"But because I could throw so hard when I got to college they made me a pitcher."
52
"It was the worst period of my life. I had all this gigantic acceptance as a kid, and all of a sudden there was this monumental rejection."
52
"I believe that acting in any medium is the same thing, it's discovering the truth in where you are."
52
"I do not have a brain that I long for in dealing with matters of which I am ignorant, that don't come within my ken and a rationale, a reason, and argument and so on, and I can't do that and I'm not in that bracket at all."
52
"Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it."
52
"If you're just safe about the choices you make, you don't grow."
52
"And people do enjoy the plays at completely different levels. And, likewise, they enjoy the authorship question... at completely different levels."
52
"Anybody who can dial a telephone can master tennis scoring in about 15 minutes."
52
"What I would do is when I was younger I would draw in a sketch book something that happened in my life and then write a little something on the side about what happened or what the story."
Life,
52
"I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man."
52
"And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen."
52
"Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth."
52
"If it's right and true, it's listened to and accommodated."
52
"To my way of thinking, an actor's course is set even before he's out of the cradle."
52
"There are certain pressures and things that change your life to a degree that, in the cost benefit analysis that constantly goes on, sometimes makes you think, 'Maybe I should just leave.'"
52
"I enjoy my job as long as I can create a character, otherwise it's boring."
52
"All in all, Kirk's character is something I am very proud of."
52
"We were making new ones the second year. We were in syndication the second year. So we were on Saturday nights, prime time, every morning, and then they put it on Sunday evenings too. So it was all over the place."
Time,
52
"I think Canada, our industry is still somewhat based in America's industry."
52
"It's funny; I actually made poorer decisions when I sobered up then when I was screwed up."
52
"My wife and two children traveled with me on locations all last season."
52
"I firmly believe in marriage. It's a real important decision that takes a lot of dedication and time. If you're thinking about divorce. You shouldn't get married."
52
"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."
52
"What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily."
52
"A lot of people in my life are getting sick or potentially going to get sick from tobacco."
52
"And the whole Oscar thing, that is just surreal: you spend months and months doing promotion, and then come back to reality with this golden thing in your hands. You put it in the office and then you just have to look at it sitting on the shelf. And, after about two weeks, you go: 'What is that doing there?'"
52
"Rather than disliking theatre, I've expressed a preference for television because it tends to deal in its small way much more with issues and is able to reach a broader church of people than theatre."
52
"I don't smack him around. I don't yell at him. And if he wants to go to the park in his pajamas, I don't care."
Care,
52
"I really wanted to be born a woman. It all started there. A South American woman. And I'm upset that I was born a white Jewish male. I've been angry since."
52
"It's such a great thing to work with people and not have a plan."
52
"The only thing worse than an opportunity you don't deserve is blowing an opportunity."
52
"I've finally learnt how to say, "No comment". To appear in the tabloids is a real learning curve and a steep one at that. You had better learn quick or you get burnt."
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