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" It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you. "

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" When I'm the one who sits down and looks at the blank page and writes it out all the way, then I'll call it my script. "

" People wrestle sometimes making movies, and I think that conflict is a very essential thing. I think a lot of very happy productions have produced a lot of very banal movies. "

" I'm not particularly precious about the theatrical experience any more. "

" A lot of why I do something is just the novelty of the experience. "

" I don't smoke and I don't want to smoke. I am not a fan of gratuitous smoking in films. "

" I'm fascinated by the ways in which people express themselves, because their responses are often counter to what they're actually feeling. Like when they're frightened, they tend to freeze. When they're angry, it doesn't always come out as volume. There are wonderful contradictions in the way that people express their emotions. "

" It's a dream to be in a company of actors. "

" Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it. "

" I like it when the deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away. "

" If I'm trying to put size on for a role, then I don't do much running. "

" Just because you've made a couple movies, you've done some good movies, you've been nominated for some Academy Awards, whatever, nobody's entitled. It's a business. If they don't see it, I can think they're wrong, but I'm not entitled to a $15 million budget to make a film. "

" I think a lot of people in their average day actually imagine two sides of a conversation at one point or another. I think that the mental trick of holding two sides of a conversation in your head is actually something that we all do. "

" The people who work in the scientific field, they need help to convey what it's about. "

" Everyone keeps saying the western's dead, but it's not. "

" I like things that aren't superficially one thing or another. "

" Basically, I think 21st century conservation is moving toward preserving ecosystems by dealing with the needs of people. "

" I get heartbroken flying into L.A. It's just this feeling of unspecific loss. Can you imagine what the San Fernando Valley was when it was all wheat fields? Can you imagine what John Steinbeck saw? "

" All people are paradoxical. No one is easily reducible, so I like characters who have contradictory impulses or shades of ambiguity. It's fun, and it's fun because it's hard. "

" I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever. "

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" I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government. "

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" Well, I don't feel that I've played so many bad guys, and I'm rot really drawn to villains per se. I think a lot of people relate to some of my characters' inner struggles. "