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" The funnel of deep feeling and profound satisfaction in life comes from the capacity to feel. "

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" I just looked at him because I want to be looking in someone's eyes when I die. "

" It was the moment I learned acting is not acting out. After that light went on, I spent the rest of my life trying to figure out how to make other people realize it. "

" Defeating fear is not a light switch. For most of us, it's daily work. "

" I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me 15 years to figure that out. "

" My first cousin, by the way, on my father's mother side was John Marshall Harlan, who was a Supreme Court justice, as was his grandson. And I think a lot of my fight and my work to struggle for fairness and the techniques of theater and in subject matter probably stems in some way from some sense I have of his issues in life. "

" I have a way of synthesizing. That's what I would encourage any young person to do: take in the ideas, the conflicts, and the world. Watch and listen and live before you go public. "

" I have a film I want to direct. Gena Rowlands was going to do it with me a long time ago. It's about an older woman who's running a ranch in the west the old fashioned way. "

" I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily. "

" I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision. "

" I have never worked with anyone who I hold in higher esteem than Chris Menges. He's an absolute, bona fide, authentic artist. "

" It's been a long comeback. Things were pretty dark for me. But I have a faith now, and it saves my day. I was angry with God for a long time because I was unhappy with me. I hadn't learned to make the distinction between God and my parents. But there's a peace now. In the end, I got sick and tired of being sick and tired. "

" I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations. "

" There's fear or faith. If you're living by fear, then you're always looking for security. If you're living by faith, then you're always looking for freedom. "

" I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time I know that I have to let it go. "

" Post-adolescence reaches usually into the late 30s. "

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" Play is play, fun is fun, and work is work. They're different. I work hard; even if it's supposed to be fun for someone else, it's work for me. "

" Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure. "

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" For as privileged an actor as I have been, TV as a standard is short shrift. They have to do it so quickly that they don't stop and take a look. They just shoot. So that's one of the reasons I typically stay away from it. I think art is an act of consideration, and if you're not considering, I don't think you're really doing mankind a favor. "

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