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" I feel compassion is so important to develop in ourselves. It's one of the most important elements of being a human being. "

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" I wanted to work on this central problem of killing. How you go about killing. Now, in the film I had to kill my children - well, I didn't want to get that far. "

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" My mother was very glamorous. She was very beautiful, and she had a lot of friends; she was fun and loved to drink. "

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" Well my taste wasn't very good when I first started out. But later, when I began to appreciate the art of acting, I would say the actress I most admire is Vanessa Redgrave. "

" When I was 19, I took a train from Houston to New York, and I had in my lap the collected works of William Shakespeare. The play I read on that journey was 'Titus Andronicus.' "

" I've never done anything in my career that has gotten as much attention as 'House of Cards.' "

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" I'm interested in the cosmos. I want to know what's out there and how connected we are. "

" It's been awhile. My Oscar is getting kind of tarnished. I looked at it a couple of years ago and thought I really needed a new one. "

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" I sketched out a rough story for them and the director said, well it's a good story but we have the go-ahead from Universal to make this script and did I want to do it. I said no, and they left. "

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