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" I'm fully aware that things that resonate and become real hits are the exception to the rule, so much so that I've wired myself for failure. "

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" Independent film is almost nonexistent right now, because all the distributers that used to love to put out these little art films are all out of business right now, because it costs so much to open a movie. "

" I've had biker clubs reach out to me whenever they knew I was in their city. "

" I will not do a role that I don't think I can do, that I'm not interested in, where there's no humanity, that doesn't have any kind of handle for me at all because I know I'll just stink the joint up. "

" Well, I don't have an agenda. "

" Really, I was such a late bloomer, I really didn't learn how to be me until I was in my late '40s, which is when I started playing roles that were closer to me. "

" I think there are a lot of technocrats in the business who would much rather work with just wheels and gears and machinery. Those things interest them more than humanity and I wish them the best of luck. "

" I've been a professional actor for almost 40 years. "

" Season 4 can be deadly for a show that's been a hit show. "

" I'm continuing to do research into biker culture. "

" The thing that's cool about the recording booth is that it's so perfunctory, so cut-to-the-chase. "

" I've been busy and not busy, and busy is better. I've been busy, but I went through a lot of periods where it was lean for a lot of times. "

" I've never been pigeonholed and I've experienced so many different kinds of skin - what man will do and won't do, what you should do and shouldn't do. This is what's exciting about being an actor; where philosophy majors sit in classrooms or write books about human behavior, we're actually acting them out in front of cameras. "

" I never direct myself, because I don't like working with me. I would punch me in the mouth if I had to take my direction. "

" Somebody who doesn't care if they live or die is the most dangerous human being on earth. "

" I live in a bubble. "

" I've certainly been very blessed with opportunity. "

" 1% of the population has all the money and the other 99% have nothing. "

" In the early '90s, when those little art films started coming out, we were introduced to Quentin Tarantino and guys like that, and independent cinema was something that everyone wanted to be a part of. "

" You can change the circumstances but you can never change man's inner nature. "

" Yeah, it's nice to get paid for therapy rather than having to pay $240 an hour for it. "

" So much of my aesthetic was formed by my dad. "

" I love great animation. "

" Fearless people are interesting to watch. "

" I actually think it's harder to play vulnerability, because you're having to delve deeper into portions of your own psyche, what it is that makes you human. "

" The great thing about arriving at this age is that I don't even care about my career anymore. "

" I'm thankful to be breathing, on this side of the grass. Whatever comes, comes. "

" My self-confidence didn't come from my appearance, it came from other things that I did. But certainly not my appearance. "

Self-Confidence

" I just think that there are those people that their resolve is strengthened by what it is that's keeping them down, and there are some people that will buckle under it. You never know which one is which until you get into the eighth or ninth round of the fight. "

" I feel as though my criteria are based more on how challenging the role is, it doesn't have to fit into any particular profile, is it something that I've never done before, and is it something that I feel like I can really feel challenged and therefore fully engaged in, and that's when the work gets to be the most fun. "