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You could tell that America was gearing up for war.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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If you have drive and energy, everything is possible.
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You won't do any more housework? Then you go to the bin.
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People have to learn who they are - you can't have somebody else telling you who you are.
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If you have a flop movie, so what? And if you have a hit movie, it's 'so what,' too - it's on to the next movie.
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You've got the federal government in every part of our lives, doing things wrong.
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You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.
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When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.
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You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty.
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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
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What you pay for an investment is the single biggest determinant for how successful that investment will be. When equity prices are high, your returns will be lower. When they are cheap, your returns will be higher.
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What you look like, whether you're Brad Pitt or Charles Laughton, is significant for actors.
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I'm addicted to avocados, and I'll put them with anything, particularly chillies. Can you imagine if they became extinct? That would be like the apocalypse, no?
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Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
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You need a director, a script, and a role to justify a risk.
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When your in the movie business you have a start date and a stop date.
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You mustn't upstage the bride.
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Money brings a lot of responsibility as to what you're going to do with it, and I've given quite a bit of thought to that.
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You have injuries that bother you when you're not playing. When that horn blows, you don't feel it.
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You might say that I'm the Michelangelo of the dress business.
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
