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" Actors have far fewer choices than the public thinks they do. "

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

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

" I've been fortunate in my career to have the opportunity to pick and choose the parts I play. I've also been lucky to always be involved with quality actors, quality directors, quality writers. "

" Any of us can sort of say we would do any number of things to feed our children. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 got a lot of flak; in Texas, football is not only the social thing you must do, but you do it also to prove your manhood. They all couldn't conceive of why I'd want to stop to do 'The Importance of Being Earnest.' "

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

" I've always felt if you followed a real private detective around, it would be boring. "

" 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. "

" 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? "

" Everyone has this vision of Jones as a maniacal ogre. Wrong. He was charming, sweet, and a fabulous speaker. "

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

" I was raised a proper Southern boy. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" If I rob a gas station, I'm going to get 15 years. If I steal $400 million on Wall Street, I start plea-bargaining. "

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" 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. "