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When I have a day off, I won't spend it at a Hollywood party. I'd rather be at home with paints and a blank canvas.
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.
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Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed.
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I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.
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People will like to say that 'Eastern Promises' is brutal, but the only reason they say that is because the scenes stick with them. They are realistic. They are in-your-face and you see the consequences. It's not a bunch of quick editing cuts.
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I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it.
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Just because you are lucky does not mean you make good choices.
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Most actors can't make any kind of living.
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With any character I have played, there's infinite possibilities for how they might behave, depending on who they are talking to or how they react to things.
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One of the most effective tools that the Cheney-Bush junta has used to marginalize dissenting or even mildly inquisitive American citizens has been the accusation of being unpatriotic.
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You know, 'Viggo' is a pretty dorky name in Denmark. It's like 'Oswald' or something. It's a very old Scandinavian name, at least 1,000 years old.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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Kids accept where they are because they don't know the past. They know what they have; they know where they are.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around? It takes those concerns to an extreme. In the film, without me the boy has no food, no shelter, no resources at all.
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One of the main ways that leadership stays in power is by, in various ways, convincing people that they should just let those who are in government govern: 'Trust us. Trust me. Just let us take care of things. Stay out of it.' Your opinions don't really matter. You are isolated. You are insignificant.
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I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena.
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I don't like people who get into fights about football - or anything else.
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I think maybe because I do other things and they mean as much to me as movie acting, it takes the onus off me. It's not the end of the world if I can't get a film job, or if a movie doesn't turn out well - even though I don't like it when that happens.
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I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
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I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.
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Sometimes you look at a movie and you can see that the actor or actress said, 'I'm taking this onboard because I'm making a ton of money, and not because it's going to be something special.'
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