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" I had long ago become a creation, a public image made to be consumed, piled on top of a precarious shell of a little boy wanting to be loved. "

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" I like doing things that are different, unexpected, and where I feel that either the role feels like a natural fit for me or it's a really big swing that I don't know if I'm going to connect on. "

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" I like the tradition of ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances and how they react to events which force them to be heroic in a way that is not in their natures. "

" I don't like being taken for granted anywhere in life. I don't want my vote taken for granted. "

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" Being in a successful marriage is no different than being cast in a successful movie. It's all about who you pick; in that first moment, did you pick the right person? I think you need to pick somebody who's more interested in being married than in getting married. "

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