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" I just start with a pencil and paper. I don't want something too trendy, too fashion-forward. I don't want to make something I consider a regular person couldn't wear with blue jeans. But I don't want to make something that other people make, either - like a skinny black suit in a shiny material that you can buy anywhere. "

John Malkovich

Pencil

Blue

Black

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Boring

" I lost seventy pounds eating nothing but Jello for 4 months. But of course there is great variety in the colors! I think, if I remember correctly, it's 230 calories for a whole bowl. Maybe 270? In the 5th month, I added fruit. "

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" Well, I like to have fun at work. "

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Fun

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" As an actor there are no drawbacks. "

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" I can see how, given a certain degree of sensitivities, proclivities and rage, I could have ended up differently. "

" I like design, I like details, to me it is just another form of self-expression. "

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" We're all animals. "

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" I mean, a lot of time rehearsals are taken up with other things other than preparing a character. "

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Mean

Other

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