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" The simple fact of existence, of being aware that you are aware; this to me is the most astounding fact. "

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" I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either. "

" If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character. "

" 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. "

" The irony is that the more specific you are in the portrayal of character, the more like other people you are. In the same way, the more you think about how alone you are in this life, you realise how much a brother and sister everyone else is. "

" Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge. "

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

" The point is that there are challenges within techniques. When you differentiate in technique, you challenge yourself; you ask yourself the same question in a new way. "

" You can only sit on the frustration of wanting to express something for so long. "

" I'm not there to tailor the role to me: I'm there to tailor me to the role. That guarantees me something, a precious thing, which is creativity. I'm guaranteed that I will have a creative experience, because I will go to it, not demand that it comes to me. "

" Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity. "

" When you are a kid, you are beset by fears, and you think, 'I'll solve the fear by living forever and becoming a movie star.' "

" The enemies of acting are mood and attitude and other general homogenized disruptive entities. Whereas acting is about action - doing - and unless you can figure out a way to craft in an imaginative reality to which you don't submit, you're going to be out of control. You'll flip out. The job is to be surprised. "

" I was very lucky when I was a kid - I travelled a lot and spent a lot of time in Africa, Asia and Europe. I also chant in Sanskrit. "

" I am not a famous person at home - I'm just a guy here. I'm a father, I'm a companion, I'm a human being. I am not a public figure in my house; I am not a celebrity. I am not a famous person to myself - I am just a guy. "

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

" I live in the county where my mother was born and buried. "

" You get older, and people start passing away. And so if you're lucky - my mom died very young, for instance, and I have friends who died very young - but the point being that, I think if you're awake, you know you're going to pass on. And that the real treasure in life is the long term - relationships that you really value. "

" Great risks come in long term, tremendously assiduous, very courageous study. "

" I don't have any artifacts of my profession in my house; the Oscar is in storage. "

" Woody Allen asked me to improv once. I said no. "

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

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

" I don't put the truth in a cage. I try to find a way to release it. "

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

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

" I'm not going to party. I'm going to go do something that will make me break a sweat. "

" I was held hostage and almost executed by a man who was robbing us in the middle of the night. "

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

" All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy. "