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During my first marriage, my career was the most important thing in my life.
Every thriller needs a good bad guy; without a bad guy, there's no thriller.
There were certainly no spells at my school. More like a smack in the mouth.
When I read the pilot of 'The Sopranos,' I wasn't terribly blown away by it.
I enjoy playing characters who are struggling, particularly with themselves.
You suffer the blow, but you capitalize on the opportunity left in its wake.
That's something a lot of folks don't know about me - I'm pretty darn funny.
My job is to bring to life the character, not to put the words on the paper.
I'm getting more and more bored with professional sports, but I still watch.
'BloodRayne' was an abomination... It's a horrifying and preposterous movie.
I think a good story's a good story and a good character's a good character.
The single most important thing in learning my craft was being on the stage.
With all due respect to the world's great drummers - it ain't brain surgery.
When my 'Scientific American' arrives every month, I read it cover to cover.
It's a part of my DNA that I've never really taken time to revel in success.
I think what good television does well is that it shows characters evolving.
Unless I'm running and yelling, then you really see how crooked my mouth is!
Even small acts of kindness can make a profound difference to somebody else.
Is there a movie I think I should have won the Oscar for? Yeah. All of them.
You don't know how much you appreciate your privacy until you don't have it.
I was a B student in math, simply because my teachers liked me, as an actor.
Don't look down, it's an impossible view; Fly like an eagle whatever you do.
Judas betrayed Jesus. Lady Red betrayed John Dillinger. Those things happen.
If I forget to pray, I can't get through the day without snapping at people.
I'm blessed with eight children - though I'm talking about eight adults now.
What's funny about my resume is so much of what I've done has not been seen.
Fame is everywhere; the 15 minutes are now the dominant themes of our times.
You give up your narcissism, your egotism. That's how you achieve chemistry.
Once you have a PhD, every meeting you go to becomes a doctor's appointment.
There's a lot of common sense ... which I feel like we have lost touch with.
I need different people to tap into different energies for different things.
I think a good movie is a good movie whether that falls into a genre or not.
There's something liberating about watching someone not following the rules.
Something about being surrounded by water has a really calming effect on me.
I used to hang out with a bunch of old punk rockers when I was a little kid.
I had hoped when my life was chronicled, it would be an inspirational story.
I think Barack Obama is an amazing man and president. His legacy is ongoing.
I pinch myself daily at the good fortune of my life, you know, in many ways.
I'm open to the idea of doing more musicals if it's one that I really enjoy.
Apparently I work for free, look at some of the independent films I've done.
As an actor, I always feel you basically have to be able to delude yourself.
We didn't used to be so precious about women in comedy back in the old days.
There's nothing worse than the sequel that's a letdown from the first movie.
I don't really have any opinion about my performance in 'Big Momma's House.'
Sometimes, I think I may be more recognizable because I'm character-looking.
If you look around the table and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.
Before boxing, I was this angry kid ready to fight if someone said, 'Hello.'
Even 'Lord of the Rings' had dwarf-tossing jokes in it. It's like, 'Really?'
I've been very fortunate that I've worked since I left drama school in 1976.
I was stationed at a Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego from 1965 to 1967.