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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" Since I've had some success, story and character are always the two elements I think about first in material presented to me. Some of my choices have been more successful than others. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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 the first one in the family, on either side, to go to college - much less graduate school. "

" 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. "

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

" 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? "

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

" 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. "

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

" I'm not going to make my living out of beating my head against somebody else. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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