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You really try to work the character out and spend time in the headspace of the character. That's what I did.
The only reason people lock their car doors when Obama walks by is they are afraid he'll tax them to death...
Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun.
More and more, I've started to understand that no show is dead unless somebody decrees it's dead at a studio.
Acting careers dont come out fully formed - not unless your name is Jaden Smith and your dad has done it all.
My hope and prayer is that everyone know and love our country for what she really is and what she stands for.
If I depended on the critics' judgment and recognition, I'd never have gone into the motion-picture business.
I don't have a grand master plan, but I try to be thoughtful when I can and also silly. It's part of the fun.
My mom is the greatest mom in the whole wide world. She's done everything for me to make my dreams come true.
I didn't go to high school, so I don't have a high school experience. I was home-schooled during high school.
I hesitate to say because it sounds silly, but the first play I did was The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Brecht.
I think I've had an interesting life. I've done films, TV, theatre and got married. I don't have any regrets.
What would my parents think about America if they arrived here today? Would they even want to come? I wonder.
Find your bliss and your joy, know that you are a white light disco ball with no ceilings and no limitations.
I have a very clear vision, and I come from film, where director is God, so if there's a clash, it's painful.
I know Chicago cops. They're tough. They have to be. The whole city would explode. It's like a bomb, Chicago.
Focus on what you want to do, don't be scared to try stuff. You only live once. You gotta take risks at times
I trained as an actor with Lee Strasberg, Elia Kazan, and Harold Clurman, and those guys set a very high bar.
They made a fatal mistake in doing 'Psycho' again. Why do that? Why revisit something that stands for itself?
The secret to success is action, not attitude.Your attitude doesn't matter. It is what you do with your time.
While shooting 'The Unit', I went to the Middle East twice to see the troops. I met some great men and women.
I treat everyone as a friend, but if they betray me, that's it. They're out of my life in one way or another.
I was a mechanic at a go-cart place, a deejay at a roller rink, a telemarketer in New York, a grocery bagger.
I like girls who are cute and naturally funny. As long as they are not too high-maintenance, then we're good.
Honestly, I'm not a big movie buff in general. The only movies I own is probably the 'Indiana Jones' trilogy.
I think there's a bit of me in every character. Basically it just depends on what happens with the character.
When you deal with Alan Ball, you're dealing with a person who is a genius in terms of how art imitates life.
When I wanted to become a serious actor, this girl told me, 'You should go to Juilliard.' And I said, 'Okay.'
Depending on what stage I'm at in my career, I either work or don't work because I've been offered one thing.
I have this soft spot for have-nots. So, I was really inclined to portray their pain and pathos in 'Highway.'
Anne Baxter was a very good actress, Donna Reid was great. You couldn't name an actress I wasn't crazy about.
It's part of your job as an actor to put your personal problems behind you and work. Good actors can do that.
How could anyone survive even a single day, if he didn't feel as if he was, in some little great way, needed?
I love Canada. It makes a nice hat for America. When America runs out of water, it's the first place I'll go.
I come from a family of cops, and all of them share that understanding that they put their lives on the line.
Even the most respectable woman has a complete set of clothes in her wardrobe ready for a possible abduction.
You're special, if you have some power in the world. People are looking at you and they think you're special.
The future of filmmaking is to make the canvas bigger, something you can't enjoy on your phones or computers.
At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I?
I have always been politically active and vaguely dissatisfied with the state of news, but I wasn't sure why.
The Old West is not a certain place in a certain time, it's a state of mind. It's whatever you want it to be.
I didn't realize how much me hiding my sexuality also meant that I hid a lot of just my identity as a person.
Growing up I was involved in children's theater, so I was definitely on the path to be an actor and a singer.
It's well known that the greatest defence against an intruder is the sound of a gun hammer being pulled back.
I enjoy thelove I receive from my fans and my audience. But I think I know what is realfor me and what is not.
To use an image, making a film is like climbing a mountain or crossing an ocean. Every day has its challenges.
I would like Modi to become the Prime Minister and expand the Gujarat model of development across the country.
I'm glad that I'm being acclaimed as an actor. Today, when my hard work has paid off I can chill out about it.
It would be hard to play a character you don't like - for me anyway - or can't find something in them to like.
Filmmaking, at the end of the day, is a business and a balance must be struck between that and emotional ties.