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" I like to teach. And when I spot talent without ambition, it makes me angry. I give students short shrift if they're not willing to do the work. Relying on talent is not enough. "

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" With Connery, he does act. He is in complete command. He completely trusts the person first, then the instrument. I've worked with his son also, on a picture in Russia. "

" Marlon Brando was the major influence in my life, though I never met him. And my father - we didn't get along, but he was an influence in terms of honesty and work ethic. That's the greatest compliment I could pay him. "

" I'm not going to just say nice things about everybody unless I mean it. "

" I'm the spokesperson for the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees. My father was from Syria. It's an American initiative, and it's multi-faith. So, it's maybe 60-65 different organisations, Jews, Christians, Hindus... Anyway, it's very important and serious. "

" There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way. "

" I'm not afraid to go anywhere, to the smallest theatre or the least amount of money. "

" Once I looked into a mirror at my face I felt like it was completely convincing. I was Salieri. "

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" I'd like President Bush to get a gun in his hands. I'll go with him. I can't think of anything better than to die in place 's just beginning their lives. "

" I'm passionate about politics, but when it comes to political parties, I'm despondent. I'm disappointed at the absence of a sense of humanity and struggle to not become a cynic. "

" I'm just having a wonderful time. It's an interesting thing that I'm very comfortable with this material and I don't know why. Maybe it's because I did MacBeth. "

" No matter all of your credits and accomplishments - you can be forgotten in a trice. The idea that you have to go back and start again after considerable success can destroy you if you're not strong. I never lost track of who I am and what I can do, because I continually find things to do, but not everyone has that resource. "

" People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace. "

" I can't pretend at how much I object to all of the plays that keep being brought back over and over again, the so-called classic plays. I mean how many times can we see 'The Glass Menagerie?' "

" The only reason I signed on for a speech and drama course was because I thought it would be easy, but as soon as I stepped on the stage, I thought, 'This is exactly where I belong.' "

" I'd like President Bush to think maybe there's another way to think, that maybe Kissinger was wrong when he says we had to go in there because he was wrong about Vietnam. "

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" I worked with Harold Pinter once as my first Broadway show. It was one of the most exciting things that ever happened to me. "

" I just throw it out and see what happens. If it sounds and feels right, then I continue. "

" There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one. "

" I'm a very proud actor. "

" My family is blue-collar - coal miners and steelworkers. My father was an automobile mechanic, and us boys were brought up to work. I used to pump gasoline at 11 cents a gallon. I thought I would like to be a first-rate mechanic; a respected, hard-working man. "

" I'm first-generation American - my people came over on boats - and I think it's a shame to close the door on people who really need freedom. "

" I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive. "

" Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone. "

" I cannot imagine not working. I don't understand the word 'retirement.' "

" There are real tricks to getting a job that I just don't like or understand - it feels too close to pandering. I've tried it, but it doesn't work. "

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" I trust that the president will try, just give it one more shot, some revolutionary way of not doing this, of bringing all those kids back home safely. "

" Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen. "

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" Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there. "

" Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance. "