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" I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision. "

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" For as privileged an actor as I have been, TV as a standard is short shrift. They have to do it so quickly that they don't stop and take a look. They just shoot. So that's one of the reasons I typically stay away from it. I think art is an act of consideration, and if you're not considering, I don't think you're really doing mankind a favor. "

" I was held hostage and almost executed by a man who was robbing us in the middle of the night. "

" The irony is that the more specific you are in the portrayal of character, the more like other people you are. In the same way, the more you think about how alone you are in this life, you realise how much a brother and sister everyone else is. "

" Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure. "

" The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact. "

" You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least other people's idea of that mold. "

" Fame... it's been a challenge, let's put it that way. It's a privilege and a responsibility, and I'm not sure I carried the responsibility well at times, which is embarrassing. And I've had to look and be disappointed in myself occasionally for how I behaved in some circumstances. "

" I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process. "

" I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how good we're going to be received in America because that's where it's most challenging. "

" Woody Allen asked me to improv once. I said no. "

" The thing is David is also aware of everything and it's not like you're going somewhere the director is not. "

" I am just as comfortable in Britain and France as I am in America... but nowhere is perfect. "

" We'd like to prearrange our life on all levels. We'd prefer it to be scripted. But it's not. "

" I'm never happier than when I'm with my family. "

" I was very lucky when I was a kid - I travelled a lot and spent a lot of time in Africa, Asia and Europe. I also chant in Sanskrit. "

" I have a way of synthesizing. That's what I would encourage any young person to do: take in the ideas, the conflicts, and the world. Watch and listen and live before you go public. "

" I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time I know that I have to let it go. "

" David Cronenberg knows what we actors do as artists. "

" You can only sit on the frustration of wanting to express something for so long. "

" Celebrity is a pathological sickness of the culture. Narcissists on screen being consumed by narcissists off-screen. "

" I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations. "

" I live in the county where my mother was born and buried. "

" I am not a famous person at home - I'm just a guy here. I'm a father, I'm a companion, I'm a human being. I am not a public figure in my house; I am not a celebrity. I am not a famous person to myself - I am just a guy. "

" I was a science fiction junkie for a long time. "

" All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy. "

" I've made a couple of films that were a little too wide and non-specific - like 'The Doctor.' "

" The funnel of deep feeling and profound satisfaction in life comes from the capacity to feel. "

" Where did I study? I went to P.S. 6. I went to Collegiate, Middlesex, Tufts, Juilliard. "

" Rage with panache. "

" I have never worked with anyone who I hold in higher esteem than Chris Menges. He's an absolute, bona fide, authentic artist. "