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" I was an altar boy, which I loved and am very proud of. It was strict, but also really nice. "

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" To say directing was a long-stewing ambition doesn't cover it. If you cut me open, you'd see it. "

" If you look at what I do, there's no consistency. The consistency is that there is no consistency. I do projects that are good and not so good. "

" In terms of the parallels, I've never related less to a character than Riggan. "

" I remember my mom threatening me, half-serious: 'You know what? I should take you to Pittsburgh and put you in dance lessons just to keep you occupied.' Well, that brought everything to a screeching halt. 'Jeeze, dance lessons.' In retrospect, it would have been awesome, but then, 'Ugh, dancing - dancing's for sissies.' "

" I took my play very seriously, and I got way, way lost in my play world. "

" There are very few jobs where you're held up to public scrutiny. "

" I had a real strong fantasy life as a kid. But then you grow up and think about real jobs. "

" No, I don't see many movies. I don't even see my own movies. "

" In our family, my brothers and I shared toys. In other words, just because it was mine didn't mean my brothers and I didn't play with it. "

" For years, I'd go to the movies and see guys doing Boston accents and think, 'Oh please, God, I hope I never have to do that.' "

" When I was in improv workshops or doing stand-up or writing comedy with others, or just doing comedy, I just laughed. Funny was funny; I loved to laugh. I always liked people I found generally funny. "

" I was a really involved dad - not because I'm such a wonderful person. I like being a dad. "

" Over the years, I think, people - actors, writers, whatever - lose their frame of reference. Their frame of reference is based on somebody else who did this or did that. Performances. So it just becomes a reflection of what already works. Like a warm-up. And that's an invitation to be inauthentic. "

" There are times when I consciously give the character something physical - a walk, the way he sits, how he talks, or his lack of physicality, which is like a physicality. "

" I went through a lazy period. "

" I liked 'Robocop' because of the director, and it was an intelligent, big-action studio movie. "

" Weirdly, for someone who wanted to be funny, I didn't like a lot of attention. "

" My first day in grade school, I was plain scared. I left the comfort of my run-down house, which I loved, and went to school where it was cold, it smelled, the lighting was bad. "

" I'm in a business that invites narcissism, self-involvement, and egos being blown out of proportion. "

" I've got a statue of St. Francis in my front yard, and I'm not even a practicing Catholic. "

" People always make these generalized statements about Hollywood, and there's all kinds of people in Hollywood. "

" I grew up in rural Pennsylvania, in a really rundown old house. I'd stay out till 8:30, 9:00 at night. Just blow in. My mom and dad never really cared much. It was okay. We were pretty free to roam. I mean, I had no concept of stopping play. It just didn't occur to anyone. "

" Anesthesia is quite remarkable. It's lost time. And you wake up kind of refreshed. "

" If you're a dope like me, you get every sports channel you can get. I'm watching, you know, Netherlands soccer. "

" The first feature film I did, when I did 'Night Shift,' I improvised quite a bit because I would improvise at the audition, so sometimes I would return to the original lines, and then when I was on set, I would improvise even more. "

" I'm just shocked at how blatantly shallow people are sometimes. "

" I was raising a child full time, sharing the responsibility with his mom. He lived with me half the time, so I chose not to go away and make certain movies. "

" Will Ferrell makes me laugh a lot when he gets out there and gets crazy. "

" Westerns were always my favorite things when I was little. And it always bothered me when cowboys were too clean in movies, or when they wore their guns like they had an outfit on. It always worked better when a guy looked sweaty and smelly; I hadda believe, I hadda believe that. "