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" It's never a matter of career decisions. I don't think in those terms. What matters is whether a role is interesting, if I will enjoy playing it, and if I'm confident I can do a good job. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I've always wanted to play a hard-boiled gumshoe, as they say. "

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

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

" I like to do things that are about relationships, work with quality people, and tell a different kind of story. "

" 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've auditioned five or six times. I'm not very good at it. "

" 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.' "

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" 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. "

" We have real cliched ideas of what prison life is like. It is not a happy place. It's a desperate, sad situation. "

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

" When I first came to Hollywood, I played about as many guys who save the day and get the girl as I played heavies. It's just that heavies are more interesting and last in people's minds. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I wanted to be in 'The Emerald Forest.' I chased that one for six months before it all came about. I wanted to work with John Boorman! "

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