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" I don't have any artifacts of my profession in my house; the Oscar is in storage. "

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" I have a way of synthesizing. That's what I would encourage any young person to do: take in the ideas, the conflicts, and the world. Watch and listen and live before you go public. "

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" The enemies of acting are mood and attitude and other general homogenized disruptive entities. Whereas acting is about action - doing - and unless you can figure out a way to craft in an imaginative reality to which you don't submit, you're going to be out of control. You'll flip out. The job is to be surprised. "

" I'm never happier than when I'm with my family. "

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" It's been a long comeback. Things were pretty dark for me. But I have a faith now, and it saves my day. I was angry with God for a long time because I was unhappy with me. I hadn't learned to make the distinction between God and my parents. But there's a peace now. In the end, I got sick and tired of being sick and tired. "

" David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists. "

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" I was a science fiction junkie for a long time. "

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" I like to work. I'm glad; I'm privileged to have work. "

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