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I'm drawn to the path of least resistance.
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I'm not locked into playing one guy.
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Intimacy seems to be one of the major highs of life, whether it's getting to know yourself in a deeper way, or your partner, or the world and the society that you live in.
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I think it's an impulse for human beings to want to suffer less, and we're kind of addicted to comfort at all costs - at least, I am.
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It's interesting to explore the darker side, but the hero piece is interesting as well. It's like choosing between comedy or drama. I like to do both.
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Just getting something in the books that makes sure people with mental illness and terrorists can't get guns would be a good idea.
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Loving movies myself, I know when I see a film with someone with a strong persona, it's hard to overlay another character on top of that.
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As far as 3-D goes, I don't know if that will stay very long because things are moving so rapidly.
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The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.
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I love marriage.
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I'm very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and it's one of the great things about making movies is it's a collaborative art form so you get all these artists who are looking specifically about for this instance your character's costume and what that might tell about your character.
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It's a wonderful metaphor, catching a wave, for how you can look at other challenges in your life.
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Words fall short sometimes.
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I'm at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left.
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I'd done about 10 movies before I decided I wanted to make acting the main thrust of my career.
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I've been playing since I was a teenager, and I put out a few albums when I was younger. When 'Crazy Heart' took off, it gave me another reason to get into music in a more serious fashion.
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I first got involved with ending world hunger, and I got hip to the facts about it - what a huge problem it was and how it wasn't a matter of not having food or not knowing how to end it, but it was a matter of creating the political will.
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A fella who accepts himself and is relaxed into who he is - that appeals to people.
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Women are so - maybe this is just a male perspective, but for my money, they're so connected to life in a way that men aren't. They're able to give birth, have children, and it's literally a part of them. They perhaps have a stronger capacity for caring than males.
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I've had really great experiences working with first-time directors. They come at filmmaking with fresh ideas. I've been very lucky that way.
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I love westerns, I'd love to make more of them.
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You have these big $200 and $300 million movies with special effects, and I've always thought, 'Gee, why don't we make 30 movies instead of one $300 million movie?' Let's shake it up a bit; wouldn't that be a better bet? Evidently not.
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I like to know where the camera is.
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I have a cycle that is not particularly cool, but it's a cycle: trash myself to reward myself.