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Quotes by Actor

"It seems like they never say anything bad about actors, they just pump them up."


"I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way."


"I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him "father.""

"I definitely would like to do something serious. Not like a love story, but serious like maybe a gangster or a mobster. A gang or a mob movie would be great."

"So, through playing with Cop I realized that there is a potentially interested audience out in the world."

"Yeah, but there's nobody who represents romance to me like Cary Grant."


"I'm one of those people who when I go over a bridge, I want to jump. It's just this intense tickle in the back of my throat. It's like I'm on the verge the whole time I'm walking over that bridge, and I'm not going to get a release until I jump."

"I think Van Sant is the most important American director we have. He takes the most risks. He's just pure to me."

"The good die young, because they see it's no use living if you have got to be good."


"My partner Dan Ireland wants me to direct, and I read a lot of scripts - some good enough that I could see myself. But then it's like, so what? Who cares? Let someone else direct it."

"I just throw it out and see what happens. If it sounds and feels right, then I continue."

"My abilities grow with each job, whether it's writing or directing. When I stop learing, I'll stop working."


"It's amazing the clarity that comes with psychotic jealousy."

"High tech companies that focus on research, development and production will learn that they can be the perfect complement to our world-renowned agriculture heritage."

"I'm an anglophile. I visit England regularly, sometimes three or four times a year, at least once a year."

"Best thing that's happened this year? Maybe Hostel. It was a great experience. I loved it."

"Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don't want to do them."

"I deal with this spiritual issue every day - either shooting or processing or sorting or discussing or having conversations - I'm in constant contact with it."


"I find it very difficult to relax. I find it increasingly difficult to find outlets for my frustration."

"Blade Runner helped make my career. Everybody was in it. Who knew?"

"You get the part, sign the contract and start to realize millions of people follow this guy and know more about your character than you do."

"In television, the audience has to be comfortable with you, and I've managed to prove that I can be in American homes to some degree, and not necessarily where everyone knows me, either."

"The one great thing about a continuing collaboration is that they know you. And if you're really lucky, they really believe in you and think that your talent has some unending bounds to it."

"This character feels so much like my brother. He has two children. He has a wife. He works with me. He chooses to stay in New Hampshire because he wants his kids to grow up in the school they started with. He doesn't want them to lose friends. He is his family's hero."


"I'm excited and encouraged to see people getting involved with their public lands and forests. We really need the public's help to repair these heavily used recreation sites."

"I am the farthest thing from a computer genius."

"I'd be curious to find out, but I don't think people in the entertainment industry are proportionally more or less serious politically than anyone in the landscaping industry."

"I bought all the stuff, but nothing was as satisfying to me as using the Rolleiflex because it was one shot."
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