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" There's the most resistance to an actor singing. It's like I'm being disloyal to my industry. "

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" I want to see the numbers that prove that show-business marriages are any less successful than other marriages. It's just very public when they fail. "

" Kevin's mind goes to extremely interesting places. Every time we get a script, I go, 'Oh my God, I really didn't see that coming'. "

" There's this American dream to put enough away that you can golf and build a birdhouse or just be in a Barcalounger watching football all day. I'll never be that guy. And I'm not really sure the people who have that are all that happy. Our desires as a man are to work, plow ahead, and overcome conflict. "

" Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough. "

Not Good Enough

" 'The River Wild' was great, with Meryl Streep. That guy was really a bad dude who was ultimately sort of fundamentally impotent in a weird way. That was kind of interesting. "

" There are two things that create opportunities. One is being involved with something that makes money, and the other is winning awards. And the reason that winning the awards creates the opportunities is because it gives the people who are selling the picture the opportunity to make more money. "

" I started working in the mid-to-late Seventies, when television was not what it is now. "

" If I'm in a situation where someone doesn't recognize me and treats me like everyone else, I'm not used to it. "

" I started making movies in 1977, and I didn't even think about the idea that I would ever be on a television show. Once I finished the 'Guiding Light,' I was like, 'I'm done with television!' "

" I used to live on Riverside Park in New York, on the Upper West Side. "

" There is this idea that your social media platform is the secret to success, but no one has quite proven that to be true, if you ask me. "

" I always have to make it as clear as I possibly can that fame is 99.9 percent good. "

" I didn't get into this so I could talk about my work, my movies. You become an actor to act. "

" Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good. "

" I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views. "

" Clint Eastwood has always been a hero. "

" I don't have any plans of slowing down. I love being an actor. "

" A moustache is actually the one thing I really can grow. One of the bad parts about my facial hair situation is that I can't grow sideburns. I'm happy to still have my own hair on my head, but I can't grow any sideburns. If you ever see me with sideburns, they're not real. "

" I don't have to do the lead. If I dig a part, I'll do it. "

" Being with Kyra is so natural for me; it's the easiest aspect of my life. I know that I don't need a beach or room service to be happy. "

" If you're an actor, even a successful one, you're still waiting for the phone to ring. "

" Somebody with a billion followers can tweet, 'See my movie,' and it can still tank. Followers don't always translate into success because I think people are too savvy. When something takes off, it's because people are connecting to it - not because someone with a lot of followers says to care about it. "

" To me, the struggle is to try to make a less-well-written or less-well-rounded character and find who they are. If you really get it, and it's all on the page, then it's really just gonna pop out at you. "

" I'm new to this TV thing, at least as an actor. It's a challenge. The thing I have to adjust to is the changing directors every week. That's new for me. I tend to establish with a director - and then two days later, he's gone. "

" I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just have to find a story I want to tell. "

" I like to hike and cook. I enjoy furniture and design - not making it, just looking at it. I'm always kind of trying to spread my interests around and try new things. "

" I have a natural swagger. "

" Gary Oldman is impossible to steal a movie from. He's such a great actor, he's off the hook. I love him. "

" As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times. Inevitably there would be one actor singled out for a better review, or worse, than somebody else. The effect of that was cancerous, divisive. "

" Some people have therapy, some people are alcoholics or they're in AA. Some people jump out of planes on weekends or find ways to release this kind of thing. And for me, it's acting. I find acting very therapeutic for whatever it is. "