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" A lot of films come out before they're finished. "

" For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done. "

" I actually have a decent singing voice, and I've never been able to sing onscreen. I'd love to do a musical. "

" I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job. "

" I bought the rights to this book, 'The Ploughmen,' by a Montana writer named Kim Zupan, and I've written the screenplay, and I really feel pretty strong about it. It's really hauntingly beautiful. It's got some suspense and great drama, but it's a real character thing. "

" I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing. "

" I enjoy acting, and I appreciate people who have passion about what they're doing and have a vision about the film they're trying to make. "

" I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good. "

" I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing. "

" I feel pretty comfortable with who I am. After a while, if you're not, it's like, what are you hoping for? "

" If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me. "

" If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later. "

" If I've been an architect of my own career in any fashion, one thing that I've attempted to do is not get typecast, in order to be able to play all different kind of characters. I think I've done a pretty good job of that over the years. "

" I had some really dear friends who died from AIDS-one in particular. His family wasn't around and he didn't have many friends. I spent a lot of time with him in his later days. "

" I have a tight family group that's really important to me. I don't want to work all the time. "

" I haven't directed a film since 'Appaloosa,' and I've been looking for something because I love the directing thing. "

" I have some property. We have a few acres, so I like working on it, whether it's cutting stuff down, cleaning stuff up, building steps, or working with concrete, you know, brickwork. "

" I like to act with people that know what they're doing. "

" I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things. "

" I love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people. "

" I made career decisions that came from the part of me who wanted to shun the limelight. "

" I'm not an activist per se, but I have strong feelings about things. People can jump on celebrities for being ill-informed or naive, but I've got a right to say what I believe. "

" In the past 10 years, I've looked at life as this Pollock stuff. And now I'm almost in the post Pollock phase. "

" I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems! "

" I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do. "

" It's hard to see a film that's been made from a book that you really loved because it's such a different experience. "

" I've always wanted to work with Paul Newman. I had a couple opportunities in the past, and I didn't take advantage of it, so it was really fun to be working with him. "

" I was born in 1950, so there were tons of Westerns on TV by the time I was 6, 7, 8 years old. In terms of television, 'Maverick' and 'Have Gun - Will Travel.' But filmically, classics like 'High Noon' and 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' - that's one of my favorite films. "

" I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessary. "

" Most of the best writing, the most creative writing, the most interesting, the most out-of-the-box kind of stuff, is being done on cable, you know, and on the computer. I mean, whatever it is, Amazon or Netflix or something. Because they're just willing to take chances, you know, and there's a market for it. "

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