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" Every university in America teaches 'Clockwork Orange.' I get fed up with it. "
Malcolm McDowell
America
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University
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" I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney. "
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" 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. "
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" An actor cannot be a censor. I'm there to interpret. "
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" The definition of insanity in Texas is so insane that it's impossible to be insane in Texas. "
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" 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. "
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