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" I read for 'Reservoir Dogs,' and it got down to me and Buscemi, and Quentin couldn't make up his mind. I really wanted that part, but Buscemi is great in that. I also got really close on 'Gladiator,' but Ridley Scott decided on Russell Crowe, who's perfect in it. "

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" I'm from Detroit. I was from a kind of violent neighbourhood. "

" Although my mother and father were both completely legit, it was all around me, this crime and licentiousness. "

" It's just acting. I take acting seriously but up to a point. "

" I like to touch things. In my house I have a lot of velvet drapes and thick, lush couches. "

" I'm not really rebellious. People think I am, but I'm not. "

" I'm a very fortunate actor. I'm blessed to be the position I'm in right now. "

" I'm trying to reestablish my career and do great work and give my kids the life they deserve. "

" I have an idealistic approach to acting. I want to be great at it, but you can't be great if the scripts are not there and the director doesn't know what he's doing. "

" When I was a teenager, you wanted to go to the movies. Go and see 'Mean Streets,' go and see 'The Conversation,' go and see 'Taxi Driver.' "

Tom Sizemore

You

See

" Acting is never done. We're trying to keep it real and make sure that you're entertained and it seems unrehearsed. "

" I don't know what to say about it except Tom Hanks is a great person, a serious person; he's dissatisfied in a very likeable way, in a very discreet way, and Steven Spielberg is similar in his discretion and drive. But Spielberg is calm. He's this driven filmmaker and visionary. He really is. "

" I was an anomaly because my father was a Harvard man, and he came from a family of poor people. "

Tom Sizemore

Father

Man

" I am a guy's guy. I'm all boy. "

Tom Sizemore

Guy

Boy

" I wanted to get on with my life when I was 16. I knew I wanted to be an actor. I wanted to get out of Detroit. "

" You must have to want it so badly, if there is any way you can live without it, get out of it. Being an unsuccessful actor is like having a skin disease. Make sure your passion is not misplaced. "

" I want to do 'Company of Heroes 2,' if they do it. It depends on how the movie performs, but they hope it will perform well. They have a franchise on their mind, and if it's a franchise, man, I'm going to be a very happy person. "

" I read a lot. I am an inveterate reader. I always have a novel going. "

Tom Sizemore

Going

Always

" I used to be very rigid because I just wanted to get through it. Now, if I think a scene should go a certain way and it goes another, I'm able to go that new way with ease. "

Tom Sizemore

New

Think

" A lot of acting, and I believe this, is either you can do it or you can't. "

" I'm afraid of the dark. I'm not kidding. "

" Why am I the way I am? Well, I used to be different. "

" My family is very discreet. White-shoe, you know? "

" I never hurt anybody; I only hurt myself and my family. I never did anything mean to anybody, I was just mean to myself. "

" I think being a movie star is about whether an audience can watch you and care about you. "

" I really desire a partner. "

" I try to stop and take a 10-second break and ask myself before I do something: One, is this going to improve my life for my children, or two, will there be a potential for something to go wrong here? "

" I wouldn't want anything to do with me. "

Tom Sizemore

Anything

Want

" I don't know if people know that Sylvester Stallone is one of the most decent gentlemen that I've ever met. He's the most consistent friend I've ever had. "