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" 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? "

Tom Sizemore

Children

Life

Myself

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" I really desire a partner. "

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Tough

Thought

" I didn't come to Hollywood to drink or get high, and I don't want to be considered a cool actor - I want to be a great actor. "

" 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. "

" Some actors try to play parts and do things they can't do. Being funny is one of them. Being funny's hard. "

" Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen? "

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Tell

" My wife and I are a team, and it's good for my work because I'm interested in working from a stable base. "

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

" 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. "

" Katherine Heigl was a movie star. I thought she was going to be one, and it was fun to watch this young actress getting better every day. "

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

" If someone messes with me, I'm going to mess with them. "

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Them

Messes

" I know a lot about the Battle of the Bulge, and a lot about World War II from 'Saving Private Ryan.' "

" Whatever it is, if you draw, you paint, you're a carpenter, you play football, the more you do it, you're a journalist, the more stories you write, the more people you interview and navigate your way through these different personalities to get your story, the better you're going to get at it. Acting's no different. "

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

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Father

Man

" Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you. "

" I'm essentially a momma's boy with a good education. "

" I used to blame my problems on other people. But my moment of clarity, if you want to call it that, came when I was looking in the mirror one day and just burst into tears. It wasn't just that I looked bad, it was that I knew my problem was me. "

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