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" I was an Eisenhower Republican when I started out at 21 because he promised to get us out of the Korean War. "

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" I'm not afraid to look bad on the screen. "

" My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records and I'd play 'em over and over. "

" When you're young, you're very reckless. Then you get conservative. Then you get reckless again. "

" There are certain age limits on police officers. They'd have retired me out at 65. "

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" I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles. "

" The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals. "

" It must be the Brit in me, because I like animals. "

" I kind of make a film for myself to sort of express myself. "

" Comedy isn't necessarily all dialogue. Think of Buster Keaton: the poker face and all this chaos going on all around him. Sometimes it's a question of timing, of the proper rhythm. "

" I became a Republican in 1951, the first year I could vote. "

" Nobody looks like they did when they were 20, so why not take advantage of the fact that you're changing, emotionally as well as physically? "

" Why am I a star? It can't be because of looks. "

" It's always appealing to play a character that has to overcome himself as well as an obstacle. It makes the drama so much deeper. "

" I'm not really conservative. I'm conservative on certain things. I believe in less government. I believe in fiscal responsibility and all those things that maybe Republicans used to believe in but don't any more. "

" It's much more fun to play something you're nothing like than what you are... It's much easier to hide yourself in a character. "

" I think everybody has something that they've been obsessed about in their lifetime. "

" I read every book there was on jazz, about the original players - King Oliver, Buddy Bolden and all those groups. At one time I was fairly well schooled in that... I could tell you who played where and when, historically, way before my time. "

" I love big business! "

" Governor Romney has a great business background. He is extremely well educated. He has several degrees from Harvard, including, you know, business and including a law degree. "

" Of course we all know Biden is the intellect of the Democratic Party. Kind of a grin with a body behind it. "

" I am certainly not politically affiliated with Mr. Obama. "

" There are a lot of conservative people, a lot of moderate people, Republicans, Democrats, in Hollywood. It is just that the conservative people by the nature of the word itself play closer to the vest. They do not go around hot dogging it. "

" I want the troops from Great Britain and the U.S. to be successful, but by the same token, Afghanistan has always been a screw-up. "

" I don't like to see a president who is just out campaigning all year long or for the last four years. I'd like to see somebody who's going in the office. In fact, I'd like to not see them because that way you'd be sure that they'd be working. "

" Society is at odds with itself. "

" I was always respectful of people who were deeply religious because I always felt that if they gave themselves to it, then it had to be important to them. But if you can go through life without it, that's OK, too. It's whatever suits you. "

" There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I'll just put the stool out there and I'll talk to Mr. Obama and ask him why he didn't keep all of the promises he made to everybody. "

" I'm a mentor to anybody who's interested. "

" I'm not a chick-flick enthusiast. "

" Every movie I make teaches me something. That's why I keep making them. "