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I tell them how what matters is becoming the best you can be at whatever you're doing.
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When you're 16, the top of the world is directing a gangster movie.
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Well, when you get into the business, what you have to realize is that signing autographs and getting 'bothered' is just part of the deal. It's not a bother to me at all. That's part of being an actor and that's something you have to realize before you ever get into this business.
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Shakespeare pulls on us and demands the best of us. You never successfully wrestle one of his plays to the ground and say, 'See? That's It!'
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If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available.
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Well you can be the son of a Marxist and not necessarily be a Marxist in all your views.
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As you get older, you can suffer from painful hips, and our joints wear a lot quicker than for people of average height.
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I'm a happily married man and I think to get married you have to be optimistic.
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If you're not a beautiful person, you can't do anything about it.
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Sometimes when you're with somebody, and all their stuff is at your house, it's so hard to break up with them.
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In fiction, you know, there are no borders. You can go anywhere.
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One is taught by experience to put a premium on those few people who can appreciate you for what you are.
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I'm not a fan of self-help books - how can something be 'self-help' if the book itself is purportedly helping you?
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If someone tried to deprive you of your rights, you've got to resist it. You've got to resent it. You've got to fight against it.
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If you have a dog, I must have a dog. If you have a rifle, I must have a rifle. If you have a club, I must have a club. This is equality.
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You have to be a champion in all facets of life.
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The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.
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When I became governor, spending actually increased 28 percent my first term. Revenue increased 42 percent my first term without raising anybody's taxes. We did it because we had more taxpayers with more taxable income. That's how you get the revenue up. We did that without raising anybody's taxes.
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Touring a segregated America - forever being stopped and harassed by white cops hurt you most 'cos you don't realise the damage. You hold it in. You feel empty, like someone reached in and pulled out your guts. You feel hurt and dirty, less than a person.
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With Shakespeare, there's no subtext; you're speaking exactly what you're thinking constantly.
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I can't tell you how many things I've worked on where I sat on it for a few years, and then somebody else did something very similar. Whether it's some weird vocal effect you hear on another record, or a drum beat, or even a song title, a subject matter, or a mixture of different kinds of music.
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Having been subjected to the pigeonholing of Hollywood myself, I realized that once you become a studio-approved director, your chances of ever making your own film again are zero. You make the films that the studio wants you to make.
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The cars haven't advanced that much since we were kids. When you boil it down, it's still a gas combustion engine.
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The game is never over. No matter what the scoreboard reads or what the referee says, it doesn't end when you come off the court.
