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" From an acting standpoint, when I was a kid, I thought I knew everything there was to know. As the years go by, this craft becomes more intensive as I get older. You realize how much more there is to know and to learn, and how much better you can get, if you really work at it. "

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" I'd really like to get the girl, shoot the gun, drive the car, have fun. I even have these kind of action dreams, where I'm the action guy. "

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Have Fun

Girl

" There are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous, and those who are liars. "

" I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to be a good guy, a bad guy, a victim, an abuser. There are all kinds of people in the world, and playing them is what acting is all about. "

" I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else. "

" I have a natural swagger. "

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" For years and years, people would say, 'The business is changing.' And I would say, 'The business is not changing. It's exactly the same as it was in the '70s, the '80s and the '90s.' But all of a sudden, the business changed, and it really did change. "

" A moustache is actually the one thing I really can grow. One of the bad parts about my facial hair situation is that I can't grow sideburns. I'm happy to still have my own hair on my head, but I can't grow any sideburns. If you ever see me with sideburns, they're not real. "

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You

" I do better on the first three takes; I won't be better at 20 takes. "

" I still want to make Kyra proud of the person I am - father, husband, actor, musician. "

" Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough. "

" I don't have to do the lead. If I dig a part, I'll do it. "

" I'm obsessed with zombies. I like watching zombie movies and I read zombie books. "

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Books

Watching

" Whether it's my age or my misspent youth, sometimes I forget whether I've worked with somebody or not. "

" I like playing complex, interesting characters. Sometimes I don't think there's much of a strong line between right and wrong for a character. Every character is somewhere on a moral spectrum. "

" There are very few things that are purely conceptual without any hard content. "

" My kids don't watch my movies. What I want to do is go home and hug my kids, talk to them and engage with them. "

" Some people have therapy, some people are alcoholics or they're in AA. Some people jump out of planes on weekends or find ways to release this kind of thing. And for me, it's acting. I find acting very therapeutic for whatever it is. "

" I always wanted, and still aspire, to be something more than just one thing, just one performance. "

" I think of being an actor as kind of a young man's gig. It's emasculating, in a way, people messing with you and putting make-up on you and telling you when to wake up and when to go to sleep, holding your hand to cross the street. I can do it up to a certain point, and then I start to feel like a puppet. "

" Do you want to be the guy with a game named after you or be the one with 18 Oscar nominations? "

" I'd always tried not to worry about the size of the role or the size of the film. "

" I don't read my own reviews and I haven't for probably 15 years. I read other people's reviews, though. "

" I'm not someone who comes onstage and says, 'I'm rewriting this now.' I don't think it's fair to the writers or the director, or the other actors. "

" It does get old to have to always be a monkey in a zoo. I don't know what it's like any more to be anonymous. "

" If you look at my movie career, I do switch it up a lot. I'm always looking for a lot of different parts. It's been a while since I've been in a situation that was romantic. "

" I'm new to this TV thing, at least as an actor. It's a challenge. The thing I have to adjust to is the changing directors every week. That's new for me. I tend to establish with a director - and then two days later, he's gone. "

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Two

Week

" Doing funny scary is something that is rarely good and rarely works, and it's also something that's incredibly hard to market. "

" Things could be worse. You remember that, and you go on with your life. "

" Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent. "

" I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views. "