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" I guess I'm living in the present more than the past. "

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" When I'm a director, I look at myself the actor as a completely different person. It's somebody else up there, an actor playing a role. I keep myself out of it. "

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" In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey. "

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" A war is a horrible thing, but it's also a unifier of countries. "

" I grew up with J. Edgar Hoover. He was the G-man, a hero to everybody, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was the big, feared organization. He was ahead of his time as far as building up forensic evidence and fingerprinting. But he took down a lot of innocent people, too. "

" When you're young, you're very reckless. Then you get conservative. Then you get reckless again. "

" When you listen to Ray Charles, there's never any doubt whose voice that is. "

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" I've taken advantage of a few breaks that came along and moved along with them. "

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" There are two kinds of people in this world. 'I' people and 'we' people. I've always tried to be a 'we' person. "

" And I think it's that time. And I think if you just step aside and Mr. Romney can kind of take over. You can maybe still use a plane. Though maybe a smaller one. Not that big gas guzzler you are going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that. "

" I've had moments when I've thought about somebody, picked up the phone to call them and they are on the line already, and I think that maybe there's some vibration, some connection. "

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" I just think it is important that you realize, that you're the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you're libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go. "

" I liked Vittorio De Sica a lot, and I got to work with him once in a segment movie. He was a great director. He was a very charismatic character and a guy I watched a lot when he was directing. "

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" I love big business! "

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