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" I always liked clothes; since I was very, very young, I was interested. I studied costume as part of my theatre education. "
John Malkovich
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" I was never a fanatical movie person. "
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" I'm not a Method actor. I don't believe acting should be psychodrama. I look within myself and see what I can find to play the role with. If I'm playing a blind man, I don't go around blindfolded for days. A lot of good actors would, but I don't go in for that very much. I like to just make it up as I go along. "
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" I wouldn't describe myself as lacking in confidence, but I would just say that - the ghosts you chase you never catch. "
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" I admire sensible, kind people. They're not often famous. "
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" Quite often - a lot of the work I had done had been extensively with women. Most especially in the theater, but also quite often in the movies. That has its own delights, and maybe pitfalls too. "
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" I think 1973 was the nadir of fashion. When you watch the coverage from that era, you're struck by the astonishing ugliness of the clothes. "
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" I'm an atheist. "
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" When you think of how history is revealed, we know certain things to be facts at certain periods of time, which turn out not to be so factual as time marches on. "
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" I haven't physically attacked anyone in a couple of years. "
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" I'm very much a typical midwesterner, and I don't think the condition is curable. "
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" My father was an exceptionally strong influence on me. "
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" I think I was born at a time when an American male had so many advantages and opportunities that weren't available to men before or after, just a very brief period. "
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" I think people seem to sort of associate me with danger. And I don't see that at all. "
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" As an actor there are no drawbacks. "
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" I'm more comfortable with whatever's wrong with me than my father was whenever he felt he failed or didn't measure up to the standard he set. "
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" I like to direct movies, but I don't like to goof around for eight years talking about it. "
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" I go around the world, working with all kinds of people who I love. "
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" I'd hate to see any film I'm involved in fail, especially artistically but also business-wise. "
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" I'm a little bit phobic about stains on my clothes, so I never travel without a little packet of organic stain remover. "
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