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" For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done. "

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" I'm not an activist per se, but I have strong feelings about things. People can jump on celebrities for being ill-informed or naive, but I've got a right to say what I believe. "

" You look at a guy like Lance Armstrong, and you have to be inspired. I sat next to Kirk Douglas the other day, and he's inspiring for fighting through his stroke. "

" A lot of films come out before they're finished. "

" I have some property. We have a few acres, so I like working on it, whether it's cutting stuff down, cleaning stuff up, building steps, or working with concrete, you know, brickwork. "

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" You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else. "

" I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do. "

" I feel pretty comfortable with who I am. After a while, if you're not, it's like, what are you hoping for? "

" I made career decisions that came from the part of me who wanted to shun the limelight. "

" You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting. "

" I had some really dear friends who died from AIDS-one in particular. His family wasn't around and he didn't have many friends. I spent a lot of time with him in his later days. "

" If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later. "

" I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems! "

" In the past 10 years, I've looked at life as this Pollock stuff. And now I'm almost in the post Pollock phase. "

" If I've been an architect of my own career in any fashion, one thing that I've attempted to do is not get typecast, in order to be able to play all different kind of characters. I think I've done a pretty good job of that over the years. "

" There's, what, 300 films at the Telluride or Toronto or something. How many are those people gonna see? How many of those are actually gonna be in a theater, you know? You know, as an actor, I mean, I learned a long time ago that the fulfillment in this business is the doing of it because you can't rely on anything coming out. "

" I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things. "

" I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good. "

" I have a tight family group that's really important to me. I don't want to work all the time. "

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" Seeing what happens when you rip yourself open is what your job is all about. "