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" I tried acting, liked it, and stuck with it. I saw it as the way I would keep that promise to myself of getting back at those who had made my school life a misery. "

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" Acting is just a process of relaxation, actually. Knowing the text so well and trusting that the instinct and the subconscious mind, whatever you want to call it, is going to take over. "

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" I like the good life too much, I'm not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons. "

" I have a punishing workout regimen. Every day I do 3 minutes on a treadmill, then I lie down, drink a glass of vodka and smoke a cigarette. "

" Why love if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore; only the life I have lived. The pain now is part of the happiness then. "

" My life turned out to be beyond my greatest dreams. "

" I'm married. My wife, Stella - a beautiful woman. She's brought a lot of peace to my life, a lot of wisdom. "

" We're all caught up in circumstances, and we're all good and evil. When you're really hungry, for instance, you'll do anything to survive. I think the most evil thing - well, maybe that's too strong - but certainly a very evil thing is judgment, the sin of ignorance. "

" My weak spot is laziness. Oh, I have a lot of weak spots: cookies, croissants. "

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Laziness

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" I'm devious, cruel, cunning and addictive. "

" I don't believe in nepotism. I don't much like the idea of parents who interfere. "

Anthony Hopkins

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" I tend to get bored quickly, which means I must be boring. "

" I'm one of the slowest drivers on the road. I mosey along. If you're doing anything too fast, including living life too fast, that creates sudden death. If I have to be somewhere on time, I make sure I leave early enough. "

" We all dream. We dream vividly, depending on our nature. Our existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or we're atheist. "

" Beware the tyranny of the weak. They just suck you dry. "

" My philosophy is it's none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier. "

" I am not very good with relationships. With anyone. I can't be locked up with anyone for too long. "

" For me, time is the greatest mystery of all. The fact is that we're dreaming all the time. That's what really gets me. We have a fathomless lake of unconsciousness just beneath our skulls. "

" I'm a pretty tough guy, you know. I'm a pretty hard man. I've got a lot of compassion, but I don't waste time with people. "

" I am a bit of a solitude person - a solitary personality. I like being on my own. I don't have any major friendships or relationships with people. "

" I think the healthy way to live is to make friends with the beast inside oneself, and that means not the beast but the shadow. The dark side of one's nature. Have fun with it and you know, is to accept everything about ourselves. "

" Relish everything that's inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life. "

" Life's too short to deal with other people's insecurities. "

" I'm most suspicious of scripts that have a lot of stage direction at the top of the page... sunrise over the desert and masses of... a whole essay before you get to the dialogue. "

" I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there. "