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" I feel pretty comfortable with who I am. After a while, if you're not, it's like, what are you hoping for? "

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" One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself. "

" If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later. "

" For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done. "

" I've always wanted to work with Paul Newman. I had a couple opportunities in the past, and I didn't take advantage of it, so it was really fun to be working with him. "

" I have a tight family group that's really important to me. I don't want to work all the time. "

" Seeing what happens when you rip yourself open is what your job is all about. "

" I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job. "

" I had some really dear friends who died from AIDS-one in particular. His family wasn't around and he didn't have many friends. I spent a lot of time with him in his later days. "

" When Bush first got elected, the very first time there was talk of going to war with Iraq, the mainstream media gave his position total credibility. I didn't get it then, and I don't get it now. "

" There's always a reaction based on fear. People assume if you're criticizing a decision to go to war, then you're saying something against the soldiers-which is not the case. "

" I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good. "

" I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessary. "

" You look at a guy like Lance Armstrong, and you have to be inspired. I sat next to Kirk Douglas the other day, and he's inspiring for fighting through his stroke. "

" There's, what, 300 films at the Telluride or Toronto or something. How many are those people gonna see? How many of those are actually gonna be in a theater, you know? You know, as an actor, I mean, I learned a long time ago that the fulfillment in this business is the doing of it because you can't rely on anything coming out. "

" I like to act with people that know what they're doing. "

" A lot of films come out before they're finished. "

" If I've been an architect of my own career in any fashion, one thing that I've attempted to do is not get typecast, in order to be able to play all different kind of characters. I think I've done a pretty good job of that over the years. "

" I haven't directed a film since 'Appaloosa,' and I've been looking for something because I love the directing thing. "

" I bought the rights to this book, 'The Ploughmen,' by a Montana writer named Kim Zupan, and I've written the screenplay, and I really feel pretty strong about it. It's really hauntingly beautiful. It's got some suspense and great drama, but it's a real character thing. "

" You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting. "

" I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing. "

" Most of the best writing, the most creative writing, the most interesting, the most out-of-the-box kind of stuff, is being done on cable, you know, and on the computer. I mean, whatever it is, Amazon or Netflix or something. Because they're just willing to take chances, you know, and there's a market for it. "

" When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of. "

" If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me. "

" I was born in 1950, so there were tons of Westerns on TV by the time I was 6, 7, 8 years old. In terms of television, 'Maverick' and 'Have Gun - Will Travel.' But filmically, classics like 'High Noon' and 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' - that's one of my favorite films. "

" I'm not an activist per se, but I have strong feelings about things. People can jump on celebrities for being ill-informed or naive, but I've got a right to say what I believe. "

" I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems! "

" I actually have a decent singing voice, and I've never been able to sing onscreen. I'd love to do a musical. "

" I have some property. We have a few acres, so I like working on it, whether it's cutting stuff down, cleaning stuff up, building steps, or working with concrete, you know, brickwork. "