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" We get so intellectual that we forget that we're physical creatures. "

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

" 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. "

" I like to work. I'm glad; I'm privileged to have work. "

" I haven't planned a reaction on anything... If you do, you've screwed up. "

" I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how good we're going to be received in America because that's where it's most challenging. "

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" 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. "

" My greatest offering is my concept. It isn't my face. "

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" I grew up in the South Pacific. Basically, my brothers were Guamanian. I spoke words of Guamanian long before I spoke words of English, and so I've seen a lot. You know, I've traveled in places where people don't have the benefits of American life. And so I've seen a lot of stuff. "

" I've made a couple of films that were a little too wide and non-specific - like 'The Doctor.' "

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

" Fame... it's been a challenge, let's put it that way. It's a privilege and a responsibility, and I'm not sure I carried the responsibility well at times, which is embarrassing. And I've had to look and be disappointed in myself occasionally for how I behaved in some circumstances. "

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

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

" Celebrity is a pathological sickness of the culture. Narcissists on screen being consumed by narcissists off-screen. "

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

" Rage with panache. "

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

" Every single second of extra time to work with other actors has definitely always, for me, paid off for the film. For the project. Every single extra heartbeat you could get, mutually considering the scene, was of benefit. "

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

" What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement. "

" I am constantly asked, 'What's the difference between acting in the theater and acting in film?' The only answer I can give is the space - you adapt to the space. But acting is acting. "

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

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