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" Good writing is good writing, but that doesn't mean you can't orchestrate it or tweak it. "

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" Playing a bad guy is always a freeing experience, because you don't have the same envelope of restrictions as you have playing a good guy. Good guys restrain themselves; they kind of have their moral fiber cut out for them in varying degrees. "

" I have fame on the level of a Marilyn Monroe or an Elvis Presley, but part of the reason I didn't go the way they did was because of my beliefs. People make judgments about Scientology, but often they don't know what they're talking about. "

" I learned early on to stay away from gossip magazines and reviews. That stuff just makes you unhappy, and I know actors that read everything that's written about them and they're miserable. You can choose what to let into your life. "

" I was always a character actor, basically, that sometimes looks like a leading man. "

" It's hard to make a cultural phenomenon every time. "

" My kids probably stay up too late. My wife goes to bed around 3 A.M., and I follow around 7 A.M., but it works. "

" When I say 'yes' to a movie it's usually because, to a greater or lesser extent, it's because I'm enthusiastic about the character. How well that character ultimately comes off depends on a lot of things: your relationship with the director and so on. But at first, you're on board because you think you can do something with it. "

" I don't want to create controversy; I just have an opinion on things, and there is nothing wrong with stating your opinion if you are asked. Everyone wants that right, and because you are famous doesn't mean you have less of a right. "

" You feel alive to the degree that you feel you can help others. "

" Having kids is something you can't always do. Kids are like lightning. You grab that lightning when you can get it. "

" There are unwanted emotions and pain that goes along with any birth. "

" People make judgments about Scientology, but often they don't know what they're talking about. "

" I will direct one day, but I have a feeling that it will be very limited. "

" Princess Diana was a nice dancer because she had confidence. In fact, when we danced together she started to lead, and I looked her in eye and went, 'No, you have to let me lead.' So I grabbed her around the waist and we were off to the races. "

" Dancing's part of my soul. I enjoy it, it makes people happy, and it makes me happy. "

" I love being regarded as a sex symbol, but I can't take it too seriously. "

" I'm realizing that for so much of my life I had an older viewpoint; I saw things as an older person. That's common among change-of-life babies. So I have this dichotomy where I'm either, like, super young or feel like I'm coming to the end of my years. "

" I've always had an innate ability to dance, but I'm not as spiffy as those cinema legends like Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. "

" For a while, I was saying 'no' way too often. I turned down 'An Officer and A Gentleman,' 'Splash' and 'Midnight Express.' I could name you tons more. I would go off and experience life instead of working - I was learning to fly jets, went on an African safari, sailed the Caribbean - which wasn't necessarily bad. "

" Your life starts to take shape at 30. You don't have to make excuses for who you are anymore. "

" I love Scientology. I've been involved for 38 years, and I don't think I'd be here without it because I've had a lot of losses and different negative things that have happened over the years and it really got me through brilliantly. "

" I actually do like playing off-beat people. I think it's more fun. "

" I'm definitely working class, and I still believe in those values. I know that losing everything would not be an unfamiliar feeling. Meaning, if you don't have it anymore, you didn't have it to begin with. "

" I don't mind gearing my life towards privacy. It's my nature. "

" I was suited for fame, and I mean that in the most non-egocentric way. I don't mind gearing my life towards privacy. It's my nature. "

" So you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna do something really outrageous, I'm gonna tell the truth. "

" Oh yeah, dancing's part of my soul. I enjoy it, it makes people happy, and it makes me happy. "

" With some actors, you can tell when they're acting all by themselves, no matter who else is in the screen. "

" Autism and seizures are the least known areas of illnesses. "

" I was just thinking of James Dean and Marilyn Monroe and how young they were when they died. I would like to be a pop icon who survives. I would like to be a living icon. "