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" Birth is violent, and out of that violence is our only chance of rebirth. "

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" Acting is a bit of a substitute for life. "

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" If you're older you want to tell stories about the pool of human life and living and to communicate, not only to your age group but to do an age group that can begin to understand, that has enough experience of life far beyond the taste of life. "

" In 'Over the Hedge,' I played a bear, and I spent all this time listening to the sounds they make when they fight and mate, when they're angry or happy. "

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