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" Being a celebrity is probably the closest to being a beautiful woman as you can get. "

Beautiful Woman

" Failure doesn't kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen. "

" Field of Dreams is probably our generation's It's A Wonderful Life. "

" I am a really writer-oriented actor. "

" I am not a cynic. "

" I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re-election and the pettiness of politics. In the end, politics gets in the way of the business of people. "

Do The Right Thing

" I don't feel the need to direct. I tried to get other people to direct Dances, but they wouldn't do it. They all thought it was too long. One director wanted to cut the Civil War sequence. Another thought the white woman was very cliched. "

" I don't give up. I'm a plodder. People come and go, but I stay the course. "

" I don't have a seller's remorse about how I've lived. "

" I don't think I'd have been as good as Bruce was. He was a better JFK than I would have been. "

" I don't think I ever take huge risks, though I'm not scared of doing so. "

" I enjoy sports. I get a real joy from playing sports but I don't look for those movies. Oliver Stone wanted to know if I would do Any Given Sunday and it just didn't appeal to me. "

" If it's going to be wrecked, I want to make sure I wreck it. "

" If you don't understand your limitations you won't achieve much in your life. "

" If you're going to tear down a hero, you should never forget that you're tearing down someone else's hero. You're tearing down somebody else's son. You might have to face her one day. "

" If you're willing to tell somebody that you love them, are you also willing to say you're sorry? You need to, even when you think you're in the right. "

" If you think of 'Liberty Valance' or 'The Searchers,' there are moments in there that you'll never, ever forget... And it does not matter what century you are from. "

" I had a difficult time hearing my own inner voice about what I wanted to be in this life, because there were all these perfect examples of what a man actually does. The notion is that he goes to college, gets married and provides. That's what a man does. "

" I haven't lived a perfect life. I have regrets. But that's from a lifetime of taking chances, making decisions, and trying not to be frozen. The only thing that I can do with my regrets is understand them. "

" I haven't tried to buffer myself. I like rolling the dice. "

" I know I have this level of celebrity, of fame, international, national, whatever you want to call it, but it's a pretty surreal thing to think sometimes that you're in the middle of another famous person's life and you think to yourself, 'How the hell did I get famous? What is this some weird club that we're in?' "

" I like American history. "

American History

" I like four-hour movies. "

" I like when my face tingles, when the hair on the back of my neck stands up. "

" I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.' "

" I'm a pretty convenient foil for a lot of people. "

" I'm getting those familiar feelings, and I'm just going to enjoy the process of getting to know someone again. "

" I'm glad movies aren't going to please everybody, they can't. But what they have to be is recognisable. I don't equate myself with a master painter, but I think you can recognise my films. "

" I'm in a position where whatever I do, I can get my head handed to me. I'm in a position to fail because there is a whole group of people out there who want me to fail. It's a weird vibe. "

" I'm only interested in being a good actor and in being remembered for my best films, not for the way I look. But it seems inevitable in this line of work that I have to care about the way I look without getting obsessed about it. "

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