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" 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. "

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" 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 grew up in the South Pacific. Basically, my brothers were Guamanian. I spoke words of Guamanian long before I spoke words of English, and so I've seen a lot. You know, I've traveled in places where people don't have the benefits of American life. And so I've seen a lot of stuff. "

" I'm an actor. I play roles in films and theaters. I don't act out, and I don't play people. "

" I'm not there to tailor the role to me: I'm there to tailor me to the role. That guarantees me something, a precious thing, which is creativity. I'm guaranteed that I will have a creative experience, because I will go to it, not demand that it comes to me. "

" The thrill of acting is the discovery part, so it all changes, but it has to change in a way that fits what is written. You can't just wander off and get interested in your own tangent. "

" Rage with panache. "

" It's been a long comeback. Things were pretty dark for me. But I have a faith now, and it saves my day. I was angry with God for a long time because I was unhappy with me. I hadn't learned to make the distinction between God and my parents. But there's a peace now. In the end, I got sick and tired of being sick and tired. "

" It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went on, I spent the rest of my life trying to figure out how to make other people realize it. "

" Post-adolescence reaches usually into the late 30s. "

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

" What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement. "

" If you don't exercise, you don't stay strong. I like to work with talented people. "

" Not to be offensive, not to be capricious, not to be arbitrary, not to be neurotic, not to be an actor outer, you're just trying to get in and you're given so little time to get in gently, but it's always hard. "

" I haven't planned a reaction on anything... If you do, you've screwed up. "

" People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it over people who don't. "

" I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me 15 years to figure that out. "

" I don't put the truth in a cage. I try to find a way to release it. "

" You get older, and people start passing away. And so if you're lucky - my mom died very young, for instance, and I have friends who died very young - but the point being that, I think if you're awake, you know you're going to pass on. And that the real treasure in life is the long term - relationships that you really value. "

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

" I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people. "

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

" We get so intellectual that we forget that we're physical creatures. "

" I am constantly asked, 'What's the difference between acting in the theater and acting in film?' The only answer I can give is the space - you adapt to the space. But acting is acting. "

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

" My first cousin, by the way, on my father's mother side was John Marshall Harlan, who was a Supreme Court justice, as was his grandson. And I think a lot of my fight and my work to struggle for fairness and the techniques of theater and in subject matter probably stems in some way from some sense I have of his issues in life. "

" I'm not going to party. I'm going to go do something that will make me break a sweat. "

" I'm coming from the notion that acting is an art. It is not a business. It is about building characters, not about selling personalities. "

" 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. "

" The achievement is appreciation. Your ability to be surprised and awed by beauty! "