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" An actor cannot be a censor. I'm there to interpret. "
Censor
Cannot
Actor
" Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things. "
Different
Things
Obvious
" Every university in America teaches 'Clockwork Orange.' I get fed up with it. "
America
Orange
University
" I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do. "
Professional
Character
I Am
" I'd love to do radio plays. I think that one should be open to everything and shouldn't limit oneself. "
Radio
Think
Love
" If you look a little punkish, then they're going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconic villain early on in your career, you tend to get asked to play one over and over and over again. "
You
Look
Villain
" I just love a challenge, and always have, and will do anything to make it interesting. I'll try anything, really, as long as it's a challenge and you can have some fun doing it. "
Love
Long
Challenge
" I just take it as it comes, and if I'm not offered something, there's always a reason, and usually it's a pretty good one. I'm not worried about it. You know, I've had an incredible career, and I'm blessed. "
Career
Know
Always
" I like to razz the Trekkies a little bit. Who doesn't? It's trainspotting, isn't it? But they are very well-meaning, actually. I've done a couple of Star Trek conventions, and they've only been really welcoming. "
Only
Little
Like
" I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice. "
Genuine
Thought
Voice
" I love doing every role I do! "
Love
Role
Doing
" I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession. "
Country
Serious
Seriously
" I think we're all a little afraid of the dark. If you lived in the country, as I did, there's nothing quite like country dark, which was really black. And as a child, your imagination runs wild. "
Black
Dark
Child
" It is true I'd rather get a hole in one than win an Academy Award. "
Win
Rather
Award
" I've tried it all. I'd love to do radio plays. I think that one should be open to everything and shouldn't limit oneself. "
Limit
Love
Think
" Let's not get too precious about it: actors are not heart surgeons or brain surgeons. We are just entertaining people. "
Just
People
Brain
" My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney. "
Favorite
Play
Who
" Once you commit to something, you've got to commit the whole way. Try and make the best of it. "
Way
You
Best
" The definition of insanity in Texas is so insane that it's impossible to be insane in Texas. "
Texas
Impossible
Insane
" The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever. "
Comfortable
Whatever
Feel
" There are no great scripts - just great films. "
Scripts
Great
Films
" The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves. "
Ourselves
Kid
Never
" The villains that I play, I always think that they are grounded, wonderful people with enormous intellects who are very exciting to spend an evening with. I never see them as bad people. "
People
Evening
Play
" You can't hold back. You can't think of the subtleties of playing. You just have to get out and really bare it all, and hopefully you don't fall off the plank. And if you do, hey, pick yourself up, dust yourself down, and start all over again. "
Fall
Down
You
" You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed. "
Incredible
You
Blessed
" You've always got to work with the best if you can, and of course, the best are the best because they're different. They expect certain standards, and they're usually very difficult people to work with. "
Work
You
Always
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