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" I love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people. "
Ed Harris
People
Live
Here
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" I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things. "
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" It's hard to see a film that's been made from a book that you really loved because it's such a different experience. "
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" I have a tight family group that's really important to me. I don't want to work all the time. "
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" I have some property. We have a few acres, so I like working on it, whether it's cutting stuff down, cleaning stuff up, building steps, or working with concrete, you know, brickwork. "
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Cleaning
" I bought the rights to this book, 'The Ploughmen,' by a Montana writer named Kim Zupan, and I've written the screenplay, and I really feel pretty strong about it. It's really hauntingly beautiful. It's got some suspense and great drama, but it's a real character thing. "
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" I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do. "
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Doing
" I'm not an activist per se, but I have strong feelings about things. People can jump on celebrities for being ill-informed or naive, but I've got a right to say what I believe. "
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Strong
People
" For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done. "
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Gig
Weeks
Then
" I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job. "
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Am
Who
Job
" I was born in 1950, so there were tons of Westerns on TV by the time I was 6, 7, 8 years old. In terms of television, 'Maverick' and 'Have Gun - Will Travel.' But filmically, classics like 'High Noon' and 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' - that's one of my favorite films. "
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Man
Travel
Time
" You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting. "
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Competition
Fighting
" There's, what, 300 films at the Telluride or Toronto or something. How many are those people gonna see? How many of those are actually gonna be in a theater, you know? You know, as an actor, I mean, I learned a long time ago that the fulfillment in this business is the doing of it because you can't rely on anything coming out. "
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Know
Long
People
" I made career decisions that came from the part of me who wanted to shun the limelight. "
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Me
Decisions
Career
" If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later. "
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Going
Think
Right
" I've always wanted to work with Paul Newman. I had a couple opportunities in the past, and I didn't take advantage of it, so it was really fun to be working with him. "
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Opportunities
Past
Work
" You get three hours' sleep and then you start all over again. Relentless. Pre-production was almost harder than filming. I was all over the city every day. It was really exhausting. "
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City
Day
Every Day
" I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing. "
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Thought
Made
Matter
" I feel pretty comfortable with who I am. After a while, if you're not, it's like, what are you hoping for? "
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Am
You
Pretty
" One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself. "
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Acting
First
Person
" A lot of films come out before they're finished. "
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Before
Out
Lot
" I enjoy acting, and I appreciate people who have passion about what they're doing and have a vision about the film they're trying to make. "
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Vision
Doing
Enjoy
" I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good. "
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Feel
Good
Feel Good
" If I've been an architect of my own career in any fashion, one thing that I've attempted to do is not get typecast, in order to be able to play all different kind of characters. I think I've done a pretty good job of that over the years. "
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Good
Fashion
Career
" I had some really dear friends who died from AIDS-one in particular. His family wasn't around and he didn't have many friends. I spent a lot of time with him in his later days. "
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Friends
Days
Family
" You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else. "
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Somebody
Become
Yourself
" I haven't directed a film since 'Appaloosa,' and I've been looking for something because I love the directing thing. "
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Love
Because
Directing
" In the past 10 years, I've looked at life as this Pollock stuff. And now I'm almost in the post Pollock phase. "
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Life
Past
Years
" I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing. "
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Still
Like
I Feel Like
" I actually have a decent singing voice, and I've never been able to sing onscreen. I'd love to do a musical. "
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Been
Sing
Singing