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" Seeing what happens when you rip yourself open is what your job is all about. "

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" I feel pretty comfortable with who I am. After a while, if you're not, it's like, what are you hoping for? "

" When Bush first got elected, the very first time there was talk of going to war with Iraq, the mainstream media gave his position total credibility. I didn't get it then, and I don't get it now. "

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" There's, what, 300 films at the Telluride or Toronto or something. How many are those people gonna see? How many of those are actually gonna be in a theater, you know? You know, as an actor, I mean, I learned a long time ago that the fulfillment in this business is the doing of it because you can't rely on anything coming out. "

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" When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of. "

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" I love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people. "

" You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting. "

" I have a tight family group that's really important to me. I don't want to work all the time. "

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" A lot of films come out before they're finished. "

" For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done. "

" I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do. "

" I had some really dear friends who died from AIDS-one in particular. His family wasn't around and he didn't have many friends. I spent a lot of time with him in his later days. "

" I'm not an activist per se, but I have strong feelings about things. People can jump on celebrities for being ill-informed or naive, but I've got a right to say what I believe. "

" I enjoy acting, and I appreciate people who have passion about what they're doing and have a vision about the film they're trying to make. "

" Pollock said several times that he couldn't separate himself from his art. Not knowing much about modern art when I began to read about him, I was much more his persona - his struggles as a human being - that was interesting to me. "

" I like to act with people that know what they're doing. "

" I've always wanted to work with Paul Newman. I had a couple opportunities in the past, and I didn't take advantage of it, so it was really fun to be working with him. "

" I actually have a decent singing voice, and I've never been able to sing onscreen. I'd love to do a musical. "

" I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job. "

" I bought the rights to this book, 'The Ploughmen,' by a Montana writer named Kim Zupan, and I've written the screenplay, and I really feel pretty strong about it. It's really hauntingly beautiful. It's got some suspense and great drama, but it's a real character thing. "

" In the past 10 years, I've looked at life as this Pollock stuff. And now I'm almost in the post Pollock phase. "

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" One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself. "

" I have some property. We have a few acres, so I like working on it, whether it's cutting stuff down, cleaning stuff up, building steps, or working with concrete, you know, brickwork. "

" I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing. "

" If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me. "