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I love physical stuff. I love circusy, weird, breathing fire and bucket-listy things.
I think spirituality is a good thing but I dislike any sort of dogmatic organization.
I'd always much rather be second choice on anything because it makes you work harder.
My father is from Mississippi, and I heard stories of racial injustice my whole life.
I was going from Furman to the University of Georgia. I transferred to play football.
The world produces enough food for everyone. Why are one billion people going hungry?
There are complications in relationships between men and women. There always will be.
Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
I think it's more important to try and make a good film than give a good performance.
To be called a genius at 17 or 18 years old can sometimes cause arrested development.
To be running away from explosions with Harrison Ford, you know, that's pretty great.
Honestly, I never wanted to be more than a good supporting actor. Really, I enjoy it.
There are three rules for running a business; fortunately, we don't know any of them.
Being sincere and true to yourself is a scary thing but, ultimately, a rewarding one.
I'm as interested in photographing the film crew as much as the actors and actresses.
With each new character, I find something new about myself that I didn't know before.
I get nervous all the time. The only time I'm not nervous is onstage, which is weird.
I'm a patriot. I admire our military, their character, code of honor, belief systems.
Habitat for wildlife is continually shrinking - I can at least provide a way station.
The body is an inviolable limit. And you have to really hurt it before you know that.
I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am.
I never understood a word John Cassavetes said. And I think he did that deliberately.
If it wasn't for the Mark Twain Masquers, I don't know where my life would have gone.
I once did a film in Russia because I wanted to see what the hell was going on there.
I know I'm responsible for not having got the kind of roles that I'd have liked to. '
Steve Zaillian is just the sweetest. A very, very wonderful and interesting director.
The older I get, the more people listen to me - even though I say the same as always.
There's nothing risky in talking about your personal life. People do it all the time.
Films are always a fiction, not documentary. Even a documentary is a kind of fiction.
I think Indian women are very beautiful. They have a sense of elegance and innocence.
As long as I'm creating, I am happy... whether directing, producing, writing, acting.
It seems to be a common denominator with a lot of comics, this low self-esteem thing.
It's my insecurity that makes me want to be a comic, that makes me need the audience.
I don't sit around with other actors and talk about the pain and the magic of acting.
I am as dispassionate as it is possible for a human being to be and not be a machine.
I never presumed to tell anyone who could make a rainbow what color to make children.
I am not a cat lover. I am a dog lover - but I'm only a lover of hypoallergenic dogs.
I'd do whatever it takes to stay in California; maybe not L.A. because it's so crazy.
They say that no one walks in L.A., and it's definitely true, and I'm embracing that.
I'd like to play every type of character, but only once. I like to expierence things.
I got into acting for the different scenarios and roles and meeting different people.
I think I have a natural, if I can say that, got a kind of natural ability in comedy.
There is only one way to gain access to the truth and that is to not expect anything.
I have either a cucumber martini, gin martini, or a vodka martini. That's it. Simple.
There's somewhere you're supposed to go, and if you get quiet enough, you'll make it.
I felt like a fighter who was training for a title bout that had not been booked yet.
Not every successful man is a good father. But every good father is a successful man.
We either accept weaknesses in good people or we have to tear pages out of the Bible.
Now listen, guuuyyysss! Come on guys. Let's all, come on, let's be simple about this.
Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.