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" I don't mind tracksuits. At the track. "
John Malkovich
Mind
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" I don't lose my temper very often now, and if I do, it's well deserved. "
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" People always say life is short. I've never been convinced of that - mine seems to have a tendency to go on and on. "
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" I've permitted myself to learn and to fail with some regularity. And that is probably the one thing I was given, and that I'm still grateful for. "
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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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" Most filmmakers' entire body of knowledge is of other movies. When they describe things, they describe them in relation to other movies. That's why we have so many cyclical movies that look like other movies. But I'm not cynical. I even go to some of those movies. "
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" As an actor there are no drawbacks. "
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" We're all animals. "
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" Nothing you do particularly matters. But I'm not sure that's a great excuse for doing it poorly. "
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" I still have a temper, I suppose. "
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" Well, I design costumes because I started with the theater in Chicago, but somehow a few lines just sort of fell to me to do it. And I studied it in school and I always liked it. "
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" You can't work in the movies. Movies are all about lighting. Very few filmmakers will concentrate on the story. You get very little rehearsal time, so anything you do onscreen is a kind of speed painting. "
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" Theater is so ephemeral, and I love that. "
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" I'm very much a typical midwesterner, and I don't think the condition is curable. "
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" I don't care what other people think. I don't think it matters. "
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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 wasn't really raised to be the type of person to have doubts. "
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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 know for a fact that a lot of actors are desperate and unhappy if their careers are not progressing at what they think is the correct rate. They just go crazy if they're not working. I don't feel I'd be that way. You can always get a few people together and put on a play. Maybe not in New York or L.A., but in a lot of other towns, you can. "
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