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" I always thought of myself as a later bloomer, so I like some of my work more later than earlier. "

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" I was fortunate in the last century to be in the two biggest hits film-wise, 'Godfather I' and 'Godfather II,' and 'Lonesome Dove.' "

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" Well, I can't live without a woman. I have to have a woman, have to have a wife. "

" Today, everything has to be made by committee, and has to have special effects, but there's always room for good films. "

" The money part is one of the most difficult things. Coppola always said I should do a tango movie. If it hadn't been for him, I don't know where we would have gotten the money. "

" I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character. "

" As long as they keep offering me some good parts and so forth - there are some parts out there that fit me pretty well - I'll keep going for a while. "

" When I knew nothing, I thought I could do anything. "

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" I like the good feeling movies. "

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" Well, it's like my movie, 'The Apostle.' Some people in the North don't get that movie. They think that, in the South, if you don't shout, you can't play one of those guys. "

" I'm getting good offers, as good as ever sometimes. I just finished a thing with Billy Bob Thornton that was the most unique part I've ever played in my life, in the most unique project. "

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