Eric Bogosian Quotes
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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For me, with a character, you start with the shoes.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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My dream role is Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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Suning Appliance has no problem of financial risk. Do you think I'm risky? I'm definitely not risky.
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I like having a smaller family. I think the more people you have in the family, the more people there are to have problems with.
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I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved. Your guy's acting like he's king. His dad was at a 90 percent approval rating and he lost! And the same thing can happen to him!
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When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
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The name of the Redskins will remain the Redskins.
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Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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I like to leave a film open-ended, with a lingering feeling. I'll not do sequels of any of my films till I have subjects to explore.
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It is my passion to direct movies.
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I have my life on a track that I want it on, and I don't want to get off.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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Contemporary fiction is the hardest for me because I am not really in the popular culture - I don't watch TV.
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Every poker player is smarter than me.
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We love wealth, and we hate poor people. I know people who work in TV news who have actually been told to do stand-ups rather than put interviews with poor people on the air. We physically don't want to look at them.
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Part of an actor's job, in my opinion, is adjust to the characteristics of the director and try to understand to how he tries to work.
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I was mentored by great Disney animators at the end of their careers.
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I'm always surprised by things that happen to my work.
