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" Sometimes I go, 'Wow, this is a director I really, really want to work with,' like David Cronenberg. I haunted David Cronenberg for years before, and then he offered me a role. "
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" I've always had to move between a couple of years of unemployment, where offers are not provocative enough to take, and seasons where I work nonstop for a year. It's always been an erratic rhythm. "
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" Sometimes it's the lead, but there are not always leads out there, so then it's an interesting supporting character, or there's a lot of dough, although that happens less and less. Let's have a good laugh about that one. "
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" I am a huge fan of Cronenberg, all his movies. "
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" Am I going to go to Heaven or Hell when I die? No. Is there going to be a second coming, and people are going to be stricken down? I find all that exclusionary. "
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" I bring all of myself to my roles. You only see me. You don't see anything else but me. That is who's there. They're manifestations of my own self. "
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" I really would love to take a big break and not be photographed, not perform. "
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" I reveal all of myself. I bring all of myself to my roles. You only see me. You don't see anything else but me. That is who's there. They're manifestations of my own self. "
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Course
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