I owned a 1972 Plymouth Valiant that we bought for $125. It was infested with cockroaches and geckos – it was its own little ecosystem.
AARON ECKHARTBut then, even with sex, I’m more in the school of less is more in movies.
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It seems to me if you want something badly enough, whether you’re a man or a woman, you’ll do whatever you have to do to get it.
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I always ask, why can’t I be just like Cary Grant or something.
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I’m sort of fascinated by the whole espionage crime thing.
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But I guess I like playing flawed guys ’cause it gives a place for the characters to go.
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If you go to YouTube and look up ‘grief’ you can find them and it’s just an unbelievable tool for an actor to be able to access, without being unethical. It’s like accessing the deepest, most painful parts of a person.
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Right now, I have to admit, that I’m more interested in giving people a little bit of hope and goodness.
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I love the fight game. I like the brutality. I like the mentality. I like the aggressiveness, but I like the technique and skill. I like the stakes. I like the people around in the gym. I like the everyday, working class feel of a boxing gym.
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I mean, the problem is, I think I’m a great writer.
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Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad.
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I’d like to do more family dramas.
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Yeah, but there’s nobody who represents romance to me like Cary Grant.
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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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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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A true measure of strength is to use your hands to incapacitate somebody.
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I would like to direct.
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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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But then, even with sex, I’m more in the school of less is more in movies.
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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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I have a dog and sometimes I’ll be the littlest kid with my dog and marvel at his ears and his nose and how he looks at me. If he died, I’d bawl like a baby.
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It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I’ve worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the great actors that I’ve worked with… Sir Ben Kingsley.
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I think they are very important because westerns have a code and a symbolism.
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If we’re talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don’t look at Clinton.
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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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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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A GOOD old-fashioned sex tape pretty much guarantees you a star on Hollywood Boulevard.
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I wanted to do a war movie, a western and an alien movie. In reality, there are a lot of ugly things happening in the world.
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