You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.
AARON ECKHARTFunerals are important rituals. They don’t just recognize that a life has ended; they recognize that a life was lived.
More Aaron Eckhart Quotes
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I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn’t look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there’s only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research.
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Well, I’ve thought many times when my career was in the toilet, that I was going to have to seriously consider getting another job, I don’t know what I’d do.
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A true measure of strength is to use your hands to incapacitate somebody.
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But I will say this: In my humble opinion, knowing nothing about it, I do believe that they have remote viewers working on where Osama Bin Laden is. I absolutely, 100%, convinced of that.
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Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically.
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I often feel that my days in New York City, that I was here for five years, didn’t get one job, went on a thousands of auditions and literally did not get a job on a soap, not a movie, not TV, not nothing, although I did do some commercials thank God.
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You have respect and reverence for your characters and the fact that you’re going to epitomize that person for the rest of their lives. They’re going to be judged based on your performance by millions of people. You have a certain responsibility.
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I think every actor wants to be an FBI or cop at one point.
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I’m an actor and it happened to go my way that day.
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Chris [Nolan] comes at this with such a different take on Batman, so I didn’t feel that I had to be true to any other actor playing this role. Of course, I read the comic books. His relationships with Lt. Gordon and with Batman, with Gotham City, those really helped me the most.
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Actors aren’t fighters. They don’t know how to throw a punch. So, there’s a lot of hitting in the face. I’d much rather fight with a stuntman than another actor. I don’t like fighting with other actors because somebody always ends up getting hurt.
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The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It’s all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets.
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The day you stop caring what other people think of you is the day your life begins.
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I’m sort of fascinated by the whole espionage crime thing.
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I mean, the problem is, I think I’m a great writer.
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