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" My god-father, Bob Wall, was in a couple of Bruce Lee movies, and he trained Bruce Lee when he came to America. "

Freddie Prinze, Jr.

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" One person who has taught me a lot and inspired me a lot was Peter Falk. I was fortunate enough to have worked with him in this movie called 'Vig.' He brought my work to a place where it literally shouldn't have been for another two or three years. "

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" The first thing I did when my career started moving was to buy a small house. "

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" I just want people to recognize my father as an artist who was way ahead of his time. He was a genius. His life just burnt out quicker than it should have. And that is unfortunate, but what is more unfortunate is that everybody focuses on the nature of his death as opposed to the nature of his life, which was so much greater and more important. "

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" I don't know what my daughter will become. "

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" I don't know if acting is genetic. Maybe it's environmental. "

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" When I was in school I read a lot of comic books and pretend I was in them and kids would tease me and call me names. But now I do the same things and people say that I'm artistic and cool and I'm doing the exact same thing I did in high school. "

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" My old man taught me a lot of stuff in his death that I don't even know if he would have been able to teach me had he been alive. And that was to never do stuff that can jeopardize the people you love and hurt them. "

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" A couple of years ago, right before I made 'Down to You,' there was a moment when I questioned what I was doing and if it meant anything. I felt like I wasn't accomplishing anything, that the goals I'd set were silly goals. Finally, I realized I just loved acting. It was a very clear moment, and my whole life changed then. "

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" Tap dancing is something I love, and I've been working on it to get really good. "

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" When I was in high school. I was considered really weird and strange, and people kind of kept their distance. "

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" I know how to create and make people feel something. Honestly, if I didn't do this, I would just have some minimum-wage job in New Mexico, and I would go out on the weekends and make just enough money to pay my insurance and pay for a couple beers, and that would be it. "

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" Life is not about making dough or how many movies you can make in a year. It's about finding someone that you can share things with. "

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" I've heard, 'May the Force be with you' about as many times as, 'Hey, how you doing?' "

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" I played Little League. I was a 'pitcher.' But we had a pitching machine, so I was just basically an 'in-infield' shortstop because all I got to do was field bloopers six feet from the plate. I couldn't hit, so that was pretty much my entire job. "

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" I really fight hard to make things film where they're supposed to be filmed. If something is supposed to be in New York, then it has to be in New York. "

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" I always appreciated that connection between a parent and a kid because I yearned for it so much. Growing up, I wanted a father, and because I've had this idea of what a father should be, it's exciting to finally have the opportunity to try and be that guy, to see if I can actually do it. "

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