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" I frowned just like Winston Churchill on his worst day, and I reminded my father of a judge who had presided over a case... I've been Judge ever since I was two weeks old. "
Judge Reinhold
Worst
Day
Old
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" I haven't always played nice guys. In 'Gremlins,' I was a conceited, pompous braggart, and I was a redneck chauvinist in the TV movie 'A Matter of Sex.' But I really prefer sympathetic roles. "
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" A lot of things haven't changed - clothes and stuff have - but kids keep working after-school jobs and keep getting into terrible trouble in relationships. That's not going to stop. "
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" I don't think anybody at the major studios is rushing to offer me a romantic lead. "
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" I'm really glad I had the chance to live in Jensen Beach and Stuart before everything exploded. I'm always going to be fond of that area. For me, it was a sleepy little fishing town, and it kind of represents what Florida was before the development explosion. "
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" I think I started out because I was desperate for approval and acceptance and praise. Some actors never break away from that. They're after that validation their whole life. "
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" It's very easy to make a movie that confirms the worst in us. "
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" I didn't get a lot of industry action after 'Fast Times.' "
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" I don't put my nose up at anything if the material is good. "
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" You have to tell a good story first. If it's a good story, people will be interested. It doesn't matter about the content. "
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" I want to do things of significance, things that will inspire people to know how good life can be. "
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" I still enjoy a lot of support from the black community. "
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" The day before 'Beverly Hills Cop' opened, I was at a branch of my bank, and the teller asked me for two pieces of identification. Four days after it opened, I was being waved to on the freeway. "
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Bank
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" I walked on eggshells a lot. I have a bad self-esteem problem, and my father probably facilitated it. He once looked at me very seriously when I was about 15 and had whipped cream smeared all over myself. He said, 'You'd do anything for a laugh, wouldn't you?' "
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