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" Actors, I have to say, most of the time, they elevate things; they don't screw things up most of the time. "
Up
Time
Things
" Actresses have more fear of being disliked. I, on the other hand, revel in it. "
Being
Fear
Other
" All the pictures I do are contemporary. I've sort of discovered I haven't really been into science fiction or period pictures. And so, in that vein, psychological thrillers play a big part. "
Pictures
Play
Science
" A lot of actors get concerned about their own image, even going so far as to rewrite a movie to best serve that image. All I want to do is be in good movies. "
Good
Best
Want
" Cancer didn't bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet. "
Knees
Bring
Brought
" Cancer has shown me what family is. It showed me a love that I never knew really existed. "
Never
Me
Love
" Capitalism is part of our system, but it's not for the faint of heart. "
System
Heart
Capitalism
" Celebrity gets you access to world leaders. "
You
Access
Celebrity
" Chemotherapy takes its toll; the more you keep doing it, you lose your energy, and it gets more difficult to swallow. "
Doing
Difficult
Lose
" Control is what gives you privacy. "
You
Control
Gives
" Directing talent is very nebulous. You know, it's not in front of you like an actor's performance. "
Performance
Actor
Know
" Directors have so much else to do besides tell actors what to do. There are so many issues and problems. "
Tell
Much
Problems
" Do you know what absolute happiness is? For me, it is to wake up my kids in the morning - these little pieces of innocence - to wake them and find they're so happy to see me! It is unequivocal love, no question about it. "
Wake Up
Morning
Love
" During my first marriage, my career was the most important thing in my life. "
Important
My Life
Most
" Early on, someone had told me, 'You know, the camera can always tell when you're lying.' And, Jesus, that intimidated me. 'The camera can always tell? How am I going to do this?' Until one day I thought, 'Wait a minute, acting is lying. Acting is all about lying.' "
Me
You
Camera
" Every empire eventually falls. "
Eventually
Falls
Every
" Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain. "
Everything
Now
You
" 'Five Easy Pieces,' 'Easy Rider' - those are indie pictures; those were not studio pictures. They had relationships with studio distribution, but they were indies. "
Five
Pictures
Relationships
" For a long time, I can't say I was one who really enjoyed acting. I was always censoring it, or editing it, or analyzing it, rather than just going with it. "
Acting
Say
Long Time
" For an actor, it's great fun to play one of these hungry white sharks. Audiences love to hate them. "
White
Hate
Love
" I believe there is a spirit within us, which we nurture based upon our efforts and what we bring to the world. But it doesn't come from the outside; it comes from the inside. "
Spirit
I Believe
Believe
" I come from a tough stock. "
Come
Stock
Tough
" I don't ever do those kind of epic, huge, green-screen movies. "
Those
Kind
Movies
" I don't know about Brad Pitt leaving that beautiful woman to go hold orphans for Angelina. I mean how long is that going to last? "
Woman
Long
Beautiful
" I don't know if likeable, pleasant characters have enough conflict for me to want to do them. I admire those people, but I've never been that kind of screen presence who can do nothing. I need to do something. "
People
Enough
Conflict
" I don't look good in tights. I know that. "
Tights
Good
Know
" I don't smile a lot in my pictures. I'm always so... grim. "
Smile
Always
Grim
" I don't think tongue cancer is the best cancer for an actor. "
Best
Cancer
Tongue
" I don't wish ill will on anybody. "
Wish
Anybody
Ill
" I do think of myself as a bit of a loner, a bit of an independent. I'm one of those people who, when they're sick, like to curl up and remove myself. I don't like a lot of people around. There is nothing you can do to help. "
Think
You
Sick
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