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" There's the private persona and the public persona and the two shall never meet. "

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" No offense to the Canadians, but I believe location is like a character, and authenticity really matters. When you're in a place like New York or D.C., you just can't beat it, and it's so hard to recreate because they are both such distinctive places. I think it's pretty easy these days to tell films that are shot in Toronto. "

" It's good to overexpose yourself with work. But don't expose yourself too much with the press. "

" I think it's really, really important to mix it up as an actor, to try to get as much kind of varied experience as you can, not only for your own personal growth as an actor but for the audience to keep them guessing about what you're going to do. "

" The premise for me has always been that it's vulnerable people who do violent things. And the more vulnerable they feel, often, the more violent they are. But I think, you know, that's an idea that comes from history, from classical theater, for me. "

" I'm misrepresented as a scary person. I'm not. It's all about my size and my eyebrows. "

" You know, I have a deep, deep affinity for Dr. Seuss. "

" Everyone assumes that novelists are smarter and more interesting. They're generally smarter and more interesting, but they're often very short. So it kind of cancels all the smart and interesting stuff out. "

" Entitlement is lethal. "

" We have to remember to respect the faith of people and maybe not the organizations or the groups that manifest around it. "

" I'm someone who started in the theater and really couldn't stand repeating the show. My favorite part of acting is the five or six weeks of rehearsal that you get. I like doing previews; I like the opening week because my friends and family come, and then after that, I don't want to do it anymore. "

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" I'm a typically lazy person. It is sort of characteristic of actors. "

" I find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys. "

" Hamlet is a remarkably easy role. Physically it's hard because it tends to be about three hours long and you're talking the whole time. But it's a simple role and it adapts itself very well, because the thing about Hamlet is, we all are Hamlet. "

" If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic. "

" My style was always intuitive. I never used to believe in working on your body. Anything that smacked of vanity to me was bad for your acting, but I learned that wasn't true. "

" I get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women. "

" I had great teachers, great ensembles, and great companies to work with who supported my career. "

" Well, I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters. "

" Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history. "

" And I think for me there's a lot of neurosis involved with where you should be or thinking about where you are all the time instead of being where you are. "

" My mother didn't let me see color films. I saw a lot of black-and-white films. The first time I saw Basil Rathbone, I was completely taken. To me, that was the epitome of great acting, was Basil Rathbone - not only in Sherlock Holmes, but the Sheriff of Nottingham, and all the terrible characters he had to play alongside Errol Flynn. "

" I actually loved Winnipeg. Everyone told me I was going to hate it, but it was great. "

" I live with an 18-month-old Jack Russell named Chicken. He moved in about 15 months ago, and it was very hard at first because I work a lot and he doesn't. "

" It's finding time for each other. That's the trick to any relationship, you know. Finding time to really be present for each other. "

" If I'm doing my job as an actor, the audience knows everything I know about the character. "

" The best gig is the one you've got. "

" As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong. That's what I find with acting. As soon as it becomes padded, it becomes pat. "