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	Actors have an innate sense of self and humanity, the good ones do, and of being generous of heart and generous of spirit.   
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	Oh, humiliation is poisonous. It's one of the deepest pains of being human.   
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	I always keep thinking, 'The next role - that's going to be the one that's really going to define me and show them all. I'll transform and disappear, and it will be a revelation.'   
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	Dealing with death is there forever, really, you know, because we all have to face it.   
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	I'm first and foremost an Irishman, by birth, by nature, by soul, but an American citizen through and through as well.   
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	When you go through a long illness, certainly one of cancer, there's a certain release from it and relief that it has come to an end, because the suffering can be unbearable, as opposed to an abrupt stop to life when they go out the door and there's a loved one who never comes home because of some accident.   
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	I love the finer things.   
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	It's the ultimate goal every day you wake up, to be happy. At the end of the week, you want to be happy. Happy in love, happy in work, happy in life, happy with yourself. It's pretty simple.   
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	Turning 60 had an impact on my heart and soul, I must say, because you're dealing with time: past, present, and future. You suddenly realize you've come down the road quite a ways.   
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	I held the generous, strong, beautiful hand of my first wife Cassie as ovarian cancer took her life much too soon.   
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	I should like to think that we'll find peace on this Earth at some point and come to a collective consciousness of compassion for each other, where we say, 'Enough! Let us live as one!'   
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	I always wanted to do a Western.   
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	If I got into a fight in a bar, I'd miss the dude by miles. I wouldn't know how to connect. It would be a comedy.   
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	I visit London several times a year. It is my home away from home.   
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	The life of an actor lends itself to emotion, and yet you have to be tough as old boots to stay at the table.   
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	I had to have some balls to be Irish Catholic in South London. Most of that time I spent fighting.   
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	I'm one of those guys who believes that you need a strong woman in your life.   
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	Being a widower is not that groovy when you lose someone you really love, and you have to go out and date again.   
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	No one can escape life's pain. That's life.   
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	Acting allows me to explore new worlds, to discover characters by delving into their lives, and ultimately to become someone else entirely.   
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	I think Indian women are very beautiful. They have a sense of elegance and innocence.   
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	It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.   
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	I love the ukulele. It's got a beautiful, melodic tone to it. There's something innocent and romantic, and it's just a grand instrument to play.   
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	I went and met with Tim Burton for the role of Batman. But I just couldn't really take it seriously; any man who wears his underpants outside his pants just cannot be taken seriously.   
