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" Any time you're trying to do a movie with a happy ending, it's very difficult because it's been done before and you don't want to be manipulative. "

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" Every man dies. Not every man lives. "

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" You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing. "

" I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class. "

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" I've been lucky-my looks haven't put me into one category. I don't look like a blue blood. I don't look like a criminal. I don't look like anything. "

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" There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things. "

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