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" The most evocative thing to me is probably when a writer and a group of performers can collectively put together something compelling that asks the really simple question: 'How do we live?' "

John Malkovich

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" It's tough to figure out how do we compete in Europe and North America, when obviously a living wage for us is very different than a living wage in Indonesia. "

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" I think people seem to sort of associate me with danger. And I don't see that at all. "

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" People always say life is short. I've never been convinced of that - mine seems to have a tendency to go on and on. "

" Most of the women that I like have a haunted quality - they're sort of like women who live in a haunted house all by themselves. "

" I can see how, given a certain degree of sensitivities, proclivities and rage, I could have ended up differently. "

" Theater is so ephemeral, and I love that. "

" Quite often - a lot of the work I had done had been extensively with women. Most especially in the theater, but also quite often in the movies. That has its own delights, and maybe pitfalls too. "

" I lost seventy pounds eating nothing but Jello for 4 months. But of course there is great variety in the colors! I think, if I remember correctly, it's 230 calories for a whole bowl. Maybe 270? In the 5th month, I added fruit. "

" I don't mind what I play, really. "

" I've done quite a few big American films. "

" You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one. "

" Most films, it doesn't matter if you see them or not. "

" I don't remember my life before I had children. "

" I'm not a control maniac. "

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" I mean, a lot of time rehearsals are taken up with other things other than preparing a character. "

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" A dog that has rabies probably will do things it wouldn't do if it didn't have rabies. But that doesn't change the fact that it has rabies. "

" I'm not a very skeptical person. "

" I think I was born at a time when an American male had so many advantages and opportunities that weren't available to men before or after, just a very brief period. "

" My father was an exceptionally strong influence on me. "

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" People get up, they go to work, they have their lives, but you'll never see the headlines say, 'Six billion people got along rather well today.' You'll have the headline about the 30 people who shot each other. "

" Fashion is chaotic, and it can be an aggravation, too, but it is at its best when it allows you to express yourself. "

" I mean, anything that money can be made off will never be a problem to make, no matter what it is. "

" Politics is not really my thing. "

" I always liked clothes; since I was very, very young, I was interested. I studied costume as part of my theatre education. "

" When you do a really good play, the audience and the performers are looking into the same looking glass, the same microscope. And the specimen they are looking at is human life and that's why I do it, that's why I like it. "

" I'll never be the biggest kind of star; I'll be like Bob Duvall, respected as an actor but a lot of people can't identify the face. I don't have the personality of a big star, or the looks of a Mel Gibson or a Paul Newman, or the style of a George C. Scott. "

" I don't want to be boring. But that's not always easy. "

" I love to watch good actors who surprise and amuse me. "