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The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact.
People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it over people who don't.
I had great qualms about playing a man who was living. I've never met Walt McCandless, and I never will.
Don't even think of acting as a profession unless not doing it would cause you to sicken and waste away.
Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?
In a kind of a way there's a bit of that happening now so we have to be careful to preserve our culture.
Badminton is like ballet dancing. It requires a lot of control, strength, mind play and measured movement
Sometimes, all it takes is your smile (even if forced) & a domino effect of smiles happen ... infectious.
I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my own ass.
Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren't different things. Sometimes they are the same exact thing.
I sometimes lament the fact that I do not have the benefit of a complete and ailment free body structure.
I think 'Crouching Tiger' is a genre of its own, and it's extremely well done, and God bless them for it.
I believe that when people experience an event as a community it can transcend and change people's lives.
As an actor, it's my job to prepare myself for a role. If the character is realistic, one can't go wrong.
Abraham Lincoln is the guy who could never be elected today, but whom we desperately wish we could elect.
My long-term plans are just to get as much experience as I can in Australia and try to make my own films.
When people tell you they saw your last picture - well, the way they say it sounds like they hope it was.
I don't have friends, I have thousands of acquaintances. No friends. I figured I had a wife and children.
I never saw myself as being a cop on TV. I come from theatre, and I always go back every couple of years.
And that movie was underrated - Nuts - because it deals with a terrible subject, but It's very well done.
I hate being clean-shaven. My daughter gets very upset if I shave and says, 'Bring back the spikes, Dad.'
There are some directors I hear about in nighttime or some I used to work with who walk around like gods.
Music and acting are the same thing: you must understand that art is only the search, not the final form.
It's hard when you are trying to ingratiate yourself in a completely foreign world. It takes a long time.
Part of the $10 million I spent on gambling, part on booze and part on women. The rest I spent foolishly.
Really, what are the options? Levi's or Wranglers. And you just pick one. It's one of those life choices.
Failures are inevitable. Unfortunately, in film they live for ever and they're 40 ft wide and 20 ft high.
I don't do stunts - I do running, jumping and falling down. After 25 years I know exactly what I'm doing.
Chadwick Boseman work as an actor, I think, is truly remarkable, and I had a great time working with him.
I studied theater in college, and I absolutely knew that I loved acting, and I knew that I loved theater.
I was a very forward kid. Quite intense. I'd walk right up to you and say, 'How are you? My name's Jack.'
I think what we should have done is integrate the web site with the magazine much earlier in the process.
Nazi ideologies continue to the present day behind the veil of supposedly free societies and governments.
The ends justify the means mindset has been the impetus behind many a cruel medical or social experiment.
One of the terrible things about doing movies is that the writers never consider the temperature outside.
I do Broadway because I refuse to succumb to the stereotypical things that Hollywood does to a performer.
New York is the greatest character actor ever. Any film that is shot in New York is elevated by the city.
I think I was afraid of what I might say when I got onto someone's stage or in front of someone's camera.
I had to go to Sunday school once or twice in my life, and that's where I commented someplace on hearing.
Women have the right to work wherever they want, as long as they have the dinner ready when you get home.
Attention to detail - Sherlock certainly has that, and my memory is pretty good - but not as good as his.
I was completely open to learning about different aspects of Scientology... and I believe in a lot of it.
I can play characters who sing, but I don't like singing in a nightclub or something. It's not my metier.
When I was young, I went to a church where the lighter-skinned you were, the closer you sat to the altar.
I don't read the reviews, the blogs, or anything else. Instead, I feel the audience when I show the film.
I look at my movies; I call my movies 'the kid.' It's like I'm giving birth. I'm in the cocoon, you know?
I had 'Push' and 'The Paperboy' next to my bed for many years. Those are some of the great, great novels.
I'll never kick dogs, I'll never hurt a child, I'll never slap a woman - three things I won't do on film.
We don't give importance to Page 3 or to appear at all the events. Our focus is on our kids and our home.