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It's a phenomenon that I see with young actors - a lot of American speaking parts going to British actors.
Actors, I have to say, most of the time, they elevate things; they don't screw things up most of the time.
You know you're old when you get a lifetime achievement award. It's a message you've been around too long.
I love the irony. I'm perceived as being really young and yet I have the clinical condition of an old man.
Entertainment and art have power. Our culture is molded more so by entertainment than any other influence.
To be honest, I make very controversial films. The films that I've made have been very, very bold choices.
I dig those kinds of roles where I have to dig down and find some internal motivation. I like tough roles.
It's absolutely true that it's almost impossible to play a character without having any affection for him.
That's the great secret of humans: we're all the same person. The best thing to do is just go for the hug.
Roger became a part of me, and when he went off the deep end and became a mad snake, I felt sorry for him.
I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing.
The Monkees are to the Beatles what 'Star Trek' is to NASA. They are both totally valid in their contexts.
I'm now learning how to distinguish when I'm acting and when I'm not acting - offstage as well as onstage.
I am extremely lucky; I've never been ill - although about 20 years ago I broke my right arm hang gliding.
Not being white has never prevented me from enjoying Luke Skywalker or Han Solo. These are heroes of mine.
I had a blast, but I still wonder sometimes why they saw me as the perfect guy for this strange character.
I was well indulged as a child by my relentlessly self-improving, working class parents to express myself.
When I try to use incantations at work i often find they have no effect and my coworkers just laugh at me.
I don't know what my favorite film of mine is... But I think the most important film I was in was 'Glory'.
People have souls, and we all accept that cities have souls, too. It's why the locations are so important.
I need to stop carving out four-hour chunks to do random things and go home and watch my children grow up.
I'd love to be some sort of villain in a big-budget action movie. Or a superhero franchise. That'd be rad.
That's sort of what I like about this character is that he's not the good guy, he's not truly the bad guy.
I've learned through experience that to trouble celebrities with my handshake doesn't do anybody any good.
I spent a lot of my youth working outside in the elements, and I kind of revel in defeating tough weather.
In TV, you usually don't get a chance to fix anything. It's always easier to cancel something than fix it.
The most famous actress who did the 'dumb blond' routine was Marilyn Monroe, but she was a genius actress.
My friends love to tease me about the fact that I won't be able to drive until I'm a sophomore in college.
You get so weak from eating pears that you fall down, and then they come and take you away on a stretcher.
My philosophy is that when I go out of my room, I'm prepared to love everybody I meet, unless they're bad.
Working is part of life, I don't know how to distinguish between the two... Work is an expression of life.
Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.
A personal game-changer was when Ridley Scott cast me as King John, the King of England, for 'Robin Hood.'
I respectfully ask that the media allow me to receive care and heal in private during this difficult time.
The thing I learned about suits is that they only fit you for about a week after you've had them tailored.
For me, playing a really bad character is about figuring out what brought the person to where we need him.
I couldn't be happier to not be acting. I miss it, but I don't miss the auditioning or trying to get work.
Secondly, I thought it was ridiculous to have two undercover policemen driving around in a striped tomato.
Once I started taking drama classes, I asked myself why I had ever wasted so much time on a football team.
I can be on the Tonight Show, but not with Johnny [Carson]. He uses my name in his monologue all the time.
But I don't know. Pee-wee just kind of popped out one day, pretty much fully fleshed-out and fully formed.
I can, and do, walk the street. No one bothers me or anything, because most people wouldn't know who I am.
Stefan would be so great for her, because it's just so annoying watching those two on screen all the time!
Every role presents a new opportunity for me to do something different and to explore something different.
Yes, I'm half Italian. So my grandfather speaks heavy Italian... and I couldn't understand a word he said.
Whenever I get a good script, I don't care whether it's telly or theatre or big screen - I'm not bothered.
I'm a huge fan of the Navy. My father was a Naval historian, and I've been studying Naval battles forever.
It's amazing what they can do with animation nowadays. It's really beautiful. The 3D stuff is out of hand.
My abilities grow with each job, whether it's writing or directing. When I stop learing, I'll stop working
Steve Buscemi, in between takes, becomes like a clam. It's hard to get a word out of him. It's very funny.