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" People always make these generalized statements about Hollywood, and there's all kinds of people in Hollywood. "

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" 'Birdman' has kinda... changed things. I'm not saying you won't see traditionally made movies any more. But I've had meetings with directors, and they've said it makes them rethink everything. You can hate this movie, but you have to talk about it. It's going to go down as one of the most interesting movies ever made. "

" To say directing was a long-stewing ambition doesn't cover it. If you cut me open, you'd see it. "

" High energy creates more energy, more energy, more energy. It kicks off synapses, I guess. It opens up your brain and you think of one thing after another thing, after another. You can really open yourself up comedically, which is fun. "

" People, when they talk or write about comedy, they don't really get it. "

" My limited theater experience was when I was a kid starting out: two or three plays. I was good in one and mediocre in the other. My problem is that I have other interests. "

" I was raising a child full time, sharing the responsibility with his mom. He lived with me half the time, so I chose not to go away and make certain movies. "

" Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. "

" Over the years, I think, people - actors, writers, whatever - lose their frame of reference. Their frame of reference is based on somebody else who did this or did that. Performances. So it just becomes a reflection of what already works. Like a warm-up. And that's an invitation to be inauthentic. "

" There are certainly producers I hang with and directors I hang with and actors I hang with. "

" I never wanted to play the short game. "

" I saw 'Wild,' and I thought, 'Wow, this is a lot of things, but one of the things is it's a therapist's dream and a climate-change denier's nightmare.' "

" I find there are a few places where I like to meditate more than in other places. There's a little Catholic church that I go to, and there's another temple I go to - there are certain places where I just feel more comfortable. "

" I went through a lazy period. "

" I've got six wonderful brothers and sisters. "

" In high school, I was too shy to perform. It's one thing to get laughs from your family, to be funny at parties and in class. It's another thing to get up on the stage. "

" I never knew anyone who was cloned, but I played one in 'Multiplicity.' "

" My brothers were tremendous shack builders. My shacks were horrible. My brothers once built a two-story shack from the ground up that was awesome! "

" There just is not one person in my family who is not funny. "

" I don't want dogs that have had the personality trained out of them. It's a partnership. I want to connect. "

" All actors are my brothers and my sisters. It ain't cool to compare or disparage them. It ain't polite. "

" Sometimes I don't feel like an actor. Sometimes I speak about it like it was another job, and then I go, 'Wait a minute - I am one!' "

" We had four guys in the family, so somebody was always hitting somebody or chasing somebody or getting mad or fighting or wrestling - that was just what you did. So when you're the youngest, it's good for you. You figure out real early how to get out of headlocks and holds. "

" Chris Guest movies are funny. "

" I've changed my diet a few times. Now I'm trying to eat more protein. I eat little meals throughout the day. I love food, so I still give myself great meals. Also, when I'm busy, it's easy to lose weight. "

" Generally, I move in the direction of art. "

" Actors don't get to be well-known if they're horrible. "

" I watch 'Morning Joe' occasionally. I used to watch a lot more than I do now, but I watched it, and all of a sudden, there was this love fest, for crying out loud - this inexplicable love fest one morning - for The Donald. "

" I choose not to be at the whim of others. I want to be at my own whim. "

" One thing my mother had a nose for was inauthenticity. "

" Anesthesia is quite remarkable. It's lost time. And you wake up kind of refreshed. "