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" I generally try to think of what it is I want to express and then find a way of expressing it. "
William Hurt
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" I'm an actor. I play roles in films and theaters. I don't act out, and I don't play people. "
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" Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study. "
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" I live in the county where my mother was born and buried. "
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" Defeating fear is not a light switch. For most of us, it's daily work. "
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" The point is that there are challenges within techniques. When you differentiate in technique, you challenge yourself; you ask yourself the same question in a new way. "
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" I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision. "
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" The funnel of deep feeling and profound satisfaction in life comes from the capacity to feel. "
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" I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how good we're going to be received in America because that's where it's most challenging. "
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" Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful. "
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" I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when I die. "
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