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" When I was a teenager, you wanted to go to the movies. Go and see 'Mean Streets,' go and see 'The Conversation,' go and see 'Taxi Driver.' "

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" I read a lot. I am an inveterate reader. I always have a novel going. "

" I wanted to get on with my life when I was 16. I knew I wanted to be an actor. I wanted to get out of Detroit. "

" I want to do 'Company of Heroes 2,' if they do it. It depends on how the movie performs, but they hope it will perform well. They have a franchise on their mind, and if it's a franchise, man, I'm going to be a very happy person. "

" I weighed 190 when I got to boot camp, I came out at 178. I ate only the beans and tomato sauce. "

" I was a tough kid. I don't punch people anymore. "

" I like Michael Bay a whole lot. And Jerry Bruckheimer. But I love Ben Affleck as a person, as a director, as an actor. "

" I try to stop and take a 10-second break and ask myself before I do something: One, is this going to improve my life for my children, or two, will there be a potential for something to go wrong here? "

" I'm a big baby. I'm not tough at all. "

" I don't know if people know that Sylvester Stallone is one of the most decent gentlemen that I've ever met. He's the most consistent friend I've ever had. "

" I have tried to make decisions to work with great directors, with good scripts, and that makes the pickings real slim. "

" Some actors try to play parts and do things they can't do. Being funny is one of them. Being funny's hard. "

" I'm trying to reestablish my career and do great work and give my kids the life they deserve. "

" I'm a very fortunate actor. I'm blessed to be the position I'm in right now. "

" I'm afraid of the dark. I'm not kidding. "

" If someone messes with me, I'm going to mess with them. "

" I have an idealistic approach to acting. I want to be great at it, but you can't be great if the scripts are not there and the director doesn't know what he's doing. "

" I was coddled, and there is a permissiveness that sometimes goes on with people who are successful as actors. "

" Temptation is impossible for me to resist... Come on. This is Hollywood. It's in the job description. "

" I shot a couple of movies in jail, but I was never in jail. "

" It's just acting. I take acting seriously but up to a point. "

" Actors have to make you believe that it's happening for the first time and all that jazz and make it human and at the same time entertain you. "

" We get second chances. We get 19th chances. "

" Katherine Heigl was a movie star. I thought she was going to be one, and it was fun to watch this young actress getting better every day. "

" Acting is never done. We're trying to keep it real and make sure that you're entertained and it seems unrehearsed. "

" I was an anomaly because my father was a Harvard man, and he came from a family of poor people. "

" I didn't come to Hollywood to drink or get high, and I don't want to be considered a cool actor - I want to be a great actor. "

" I never hurt anybody; I only hurt myself and my family. I never did anything mean to anybody, I was just mean to myself. "

" It used to be the case that studio executives like Robert Evans, Darryl Zanuck, and David Selznick would put aside money for what they wanted to be great movies regardless of whether they would perform well with the box office. "

" I wouldn't want anything to do with me. "

" Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen? "