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" Before I accept a job, I always talk to folks about it. 'Why does he kill these 22 people?' If they say, 'What difference does it make?' I know we have nothing more to talk about. A character has to be three-dimensional. "

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" That joy of a creative environment, without any restrictions, is hard to leave. "

" Since I've had some success, story and character are always the two elements I think about first in material presented to me. Some of my choices have been more successful than others. "

" I've had presidents in my lifetime - and I'm old enough to have seen several - that I really detested, but they're still my president. I've had presidents that I've really liked. "

" I was the first one in the family, on either side, to go to college - much less graduate school. "

" Some stars can make five or six failures in a row and continue to work - with a raise. I can't figure how that works. Maybe foreign sales or a smart agent. "

" I like to do things that are about relationships, work with quality people, and tell a different kind of story. "

" I have always been attracted to good scripts and try hard to make characters as believable as possible. That means trying to figure out how they would react to situations, what they eat, think, and feel. "

" Sometimes, I feel like directors look at me and say, 'I want to put that boy in the jungle. I want to hurt him.' "

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" I was raised a proper Southern boy. "

" If there is anything I am about, it is I want justice in society. "

" I got a lot of flak; in Texas, football is not only the social thing you must do, but you do it also to prove your manhood. They all couldn't conceive of why I'd want to stop to do 'The Importance of Being Earnest.' "

" When I'm out there, it's just me. Nobody's controlling me, and I can do whatever I want to do. I'm my own man. "

" Actors have far fewer choices than the public thinks they do. "

" The first 10 years I was a professional actor, I did Shakespeare. "

" I've auditioned five or six times. I'm not very good at it. "

" One thing that's thematically consistent in 'Sin City' is that all the performances seem to be of the same genre, like we're singing the same song. "

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" Any of us can sort of say we would do any number of things to feed our children. "

" I come prepared when I come to work. Not just knowing the lines, but I think I know something about what I do. "

" We all want to pretend that there isn't evil in the world. We all want to pretend that there aren't people trying to take us out and different things like that. "

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" You don't do classics with a Texas accent. "

" There are more heroes than cops, FBI agents, and lawyers. "

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" I'm not going to make my living out of beating my head against somebody else. "

" The office of the presidency is what's important, no matter who's in it. "

" We have real cliched ideas of what prison life is like. It is not a happy place. It's a desperate, sad situation. "

" When I first came to Hollywood, I played about as many guys who save the day and get the girl as I played heavies. It's just that heavies are more interesting and last in people's minds. "

" There's something about playing the baddies that people like. They're more fun, and people tend to remember them, particularly if you do them well. "

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" It's never a matter of career decisions. I don't think in those terms. What matters is whether a role is interesting, if I will enjoy playing it, and if I'm confident I can do a good job. "

" Everyone has this vision of Jones as a maniacal ogre. Wrong. He was charming, sweet, and a fabulous speaker. "