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I don't want money to ever drive my career. I want my career to be driven by what I want to do in art.
I'm not passive aggressive. If something bothers me, I think about it, then I act on it. I express it.
My joke about Aaron Sorkin is that The West Wing was a great show about democracy, run by Kim Jong-Il!
You'll never see a good performance out of me, in terms of a character, when the camera isn't rolling.
We've all made bad decisions, but they haven't always been resulting in the deaths of innocent people.
When I was a kid, I was always drawing things. I'd get butcher paper or grocery bags and draw on them.
I think it's hilarious when middle-aged white men try to take themselves seriously. It makes me laugh.
I remember some of the sets on "Alexander" were extraordinary and it would just take your breath away.
We've always been involved with America - I have a son who lives there and it's a big part of my life.
I think anyone who has a passion for what they love to do, and who pursue it, is inspirational for me.
I've played all kinds of historical characters, but they are stuck in movies that aren't their movies.
'Hum Dono' was accepted in a very big way. It was the official entry at the 1962 Berlin Film Festival.
When I saw the movie, I said, I wish I had heard the music. I would have ridden the horse differently.
I get inhabited by a character and then you mourn it. There's a period of mourning for me, definitely.
Tony Kaye is great with that kind of stuff. Up until American History X, he had only done commercials.
I have always felt the basis of everything in life is sexual, and I will maintain that to my dying day
But I think one of the reasons I tend to stay in the water most of the time is I distrust the comfort.
I don't see a lot of nature in L.A. Then again, I don't see a lot when I go back to St. Louis, either.
Even if it's a white crowd, I tell my jokes for the four black people in the room, not the 100 whites.
I don't know why there is still any barrier between men and women in terms of achievement and success.
I'm not saying it's safe to go sit out in the sun all day but I don't believe that sun is bad for you.
I'm not somebody who runs from the press. I'm not coy. I appreciate the press I've had over the years.
The midfield are like a chef, trying to prise open a stubborn oyster to get at the fleshy meat inside.
If you're going to define me properly, you must think in terms of my failures as well as my successes.
I was completely unprepared for the public spectacle my private life became, and didn't like it a bit.
I wasn't one of those people who went to see a play and said, 'I want to be an actor.' I fell into it.
At home I have a Tibetan terrier. I'm still not sure if he's a genius or very thick. It's a fine line.
When you're a kid you have this sense of wonder and wholeness and a strong sense of your own identity.
There was so much great music around in the '60s, stuff like The Small Faces, but I also love The Jam.
You know, people seldom go to the trouble of scratching the surface of things to find the inner truth.
If I could be in any band, I think it would have to be The Beatles. That would have been a lot of fun.
I think The Exorcist is the best American horror movie ever made. Friedkin was at the top of his game.
Good actors are a dime a dozen, but I want actors that are gonna be part of my team and collaborative.
Schultz is not a Nazi. I see Schultz as the representative of some kind of goodness in any generation.
To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish in the water is frightening.
I've always used music for my acting, and I do have a kind of a very personal play list that I create.
If my idol Mahatma Gandhi could fight to eradicate corruption at the age of 78, why can't I try at 60?
We are not exercising our democratic rights properly. We need to stop looking for solutions in others.
The first thing I look for in a woman is warmth-femininity. It's got nothing to do with a pretty face.
Being seventy has its advantages. I was outspoken before, but now what have I got to keep quiet about?
Make peace with guilt. Guilt is a poisonous illusion. Many languages don't even have a word for guilt.
My style icon has always been David Bowie. Just because of the variety of images and looks he created.
The year I got into The Actors Studio, Steve McQueen and I were the only two accepted that whole year.
I remember Berlin. Berlin to me was the star of the film. I loved for six months that we filmed there.
Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing.
Being in drag for three months - I now have an idea of what women go through. At least maybe a little.
A lot of people have asked me how short I am. Since my last divorce, I think I'm about $100,000 short.
Love lasts only for months, sometimes only for minutes. But if you like somebody, it's for a lifetime!
Well, I think that people are smart enough to understand the difference between a movie and real life.
The people who get bored and want to get out of a long-run aren't the people who actually like to act.