And then you go back like a few days later and then you listen to the movie. And it sort of plays in your mind like a film, like a first rough cut of a movie.
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I’ve often said there’s two kinds of actors. There’s a more gregarious type and the shy type.
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And then you go back like a few days later and then you listen to the movie. And it sort of plays in your mind like a film, like a first rough cut of a movie.
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You’re in a conversation and everybody’s agreeing with what you’re saying – even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don’t want to hear.
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I was quite overtaken by success and fame. I was one of those types who responded to it in a negative way. It was not easy.
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It’s childish. It’s also responsible. It’s illuminating, enriching, joyful, drab. It’s bizarre, diabolical. It’s exciting.
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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I’d go home and act all the parts.
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The whole thing is, they never asked for it, that kingdom.
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Responsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I’m playing.
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The play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There’s no doubt in my mind about it.
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I wouldn’t be interested in [nowadays] television simply because I think it goes too fast.
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Sometimes you’re fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other.
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I did it in Looking for Richard, too. And I figure, if I can weave it into the actual play and get the audience interested, like the robes going up and down, they’ll pay attention long enough to consume it.
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There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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It’s never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you – you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around.
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