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" In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey. "

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" Let's put it this way: there wouldn't be much point in me attending a high-school reunion now because there wouldn't be anybody there. We'd struggle to raise a quorum. "

" I grew up with J. Edgar Hoover. He was the G-man, a hero to everybody, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation was the big, feared organization. He was ahead of his time as far as building up forensic evidence and fingerprinting. But he took down a lot of innocent people, too. "

" I've had no problem harnessing anger. "

" I've never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves - it's just a question of finding the subject. "

" I guess maybe when you get past 70, other people start asking you how you feel. "

" I'm a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there. "

" There are two kinds of people in this world. 'I' people and 'we' people. I've always tried to be a 'we' person. "

" I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me. "

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

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" I played a little basketball. Some football in junior high. "

" Everybody is idealistic when you're a kid. "

" Naturally, everybody has certain things they wish they hadn't done in life. They wish they hadn't kicked their dog when they were ten or something. "

" Men must know their limitations. "

" I was drafted during the Korean War. "

" 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. "

" 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 a very confusing era that we're in. "

" As long as somebody finances you, can make a film and get it seen any place and in any language; then, hopefully, it's a success. "

" My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing. "

" If you ever go to a music session, you'll notice that the musicians can sit down and start playing right away, and everyone knows what to do. Of course they're reading it, but the conductor can tweak little things, and you can take that back to directing motion pictures. "

" Actors know what actors are insecure about - and they're all insecure. "

" When I see a story, I ask: is this something I'd like to be in? Is this something I'd like to see? And if I'd like to see it, would I like to tell it? "

" When I was growing up, I wasn't an extrovert. If anything, I was an introverted kid and a very average pupil at school. I was very quiet. "

" I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man. "

" The prospect of dating someone in her twenties becomes less appealing as you get older. At some point in your life, your tolerance level goes down and you realize that, with someone much younger, there's nothing really to talk about. "

" Hoover was a patriot in his heart, but he definitely exceeded his power. "

" I never sympathise with the accused unless there's a chance the accused is not guilty, but I certainly don't ever sympathise with the criminal. "

" I'm not a reality-TV kind of guy. But it's almost like we're living in a reality show. Every day in this country, everybody keeps worrying about the deterioration of America, and it's like a big reality show. "

" Winning the election is a good-news, bad-news kind of thing. Okay, now you're the mayor. The bad news is, now you're the mayor. "