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" If you're down, it's curse; if you're up, it's a blessing. "

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" There are more heroes than cops, FBI agents, and lawyers. "

" We're in the business of making films, not striking or anything else. "

" We all want to pretend that there isn't evil in the world. We all want to pretend that there aren't people trying to take us out and different things like that. "

" There's something about playing the baddies that people like. They're more fun, and people tend to remember them, particularly if you do them well. "

" Any of us can sort of say we would do any number of things to feed our children. "

" I'm really enjoying the character now, but I don't want to just be Philip Marlowe. I wouldn't mind playing him every couple of years, perhaps, as a kind of open franchise - you know? "

" I got a lot of flak; in Texas, football is not only the social thing you must do, but you do it also to prove your manhood. They all couldn't conceive of why I'd want to stop to do 'The Importance of Being Earnest.' "

" I come prepared when I come to work. Not just knowing the lines, but I think I know something about what I do. "

" The office of the presidency is what's important, no matter who's in it. "

" Some stars can make five or six failures in a row and continue to work - with a raise. I can't figure how that works. Maybe foreign sales or a smart agent. "

" I was raised a Democrat, and now I'm an Independent. "

" I've been fortunate in my career to have the opportunity to pick and choose the parts I play. I've also been lucky to always be involved with quality actors, quality directors, quality writers. "

" If there is anything I am about, it is I want justice in society. "

" Before I accept a job, I always talk to folks about it. 'Why does he kill these 22 people?' If they say, 'What difference does it make?' I know we have nothing more to talk about. A character has to be three-dimensional. "

" I've had presidents in my lifetime - and I'm old enough to have seen several - that I really detested, but they're still my president. I've had presidents that I've really liked. "

" When 'Deadwood' came along, it was totally like Shakespeare. The long speeches were like soliloquies. If one phrase of a monologue was out of whack, the entire one-page speech didn't work. "

" Actors have far fewer choices than the public thinks they do. "

" I think I'm pretty politically informed, and I find myself watching Senate hearings on C-SPAN. "

" You don't do classics with a Texas accent. "

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" Sometimes, I feel like directors look at me and say, 'I want to put that boy in the jungle. I want to hurt him.' "

" The first 10 years I was a professional actor, I did Shakespeare. "

" I was raised a proper Southern boy. "

" Everyone has this vision of Jones as a maniacal ogre. Wrong. He was charming, sweet, and a fabulous speaker. "

" I like to think of myself as fairly intellectual. "

" I've got a family, and I love them, and I want them to have the best opportunities in the best country in the world, and I think we have to fight for it. "

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" When I'm out there, it's just me. Nobody's controlling me, and I can do whatever I want to do. I'm my own man. "

" I have always been attracted to good scripts and try hard to make characters as believable as possible. That means trying to figure out how they would react to situations, what they eat, think, and feel. "