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" I always fall in love with qualities of people I work with. "

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" I certainly wouldn't mind if 'Jurassic Park' turns out to be commercially successful, and somebody says, 'Hey, you were in a box-office hit, and if you want to do another movie, we'll give you five million dollars to make it.' "

" I feel so lucky to have a mom who is not only an extraordinary actor but someone who is game enough to not worry about our relationship versus what we play in movies or television. "

" Having egregious divorces - where you just hate each other - is really the easy way out. "

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" Anybody you make a movie with when you're 12 and they're 14, you're going to know them your whole life. "

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" Growth doesn't hurt. This is what I've learned. In the end, it doesn't hurt. It hurts while it's happening. But in the end, you know, for life, for parenting, and for the arts, it's not a bad - not a bad thing to try for. "

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" In American culture we are supposed to take a pill when we're depressed or in grief as opposed to actually feeling. "

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