I learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down.
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What kind of failure was it? A failure because it’s misunderstood by others? A failure because you misunderstood it yourself?
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I learned to wrestle, I learned defensive fighting at a young age, because when someone hit me, I would throw up and fall down.
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So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.
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Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It’s a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It’s sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
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Playing a character is an illusion, and I feel that when you know too much about a person, possibly part of that illusion is disrupted.
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Vanity: my favorite sin.
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Vanity is my favourite sin.
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One of the things that made me want to be an actor more than ever was seeing a Chekhov play, “The Sea Gull,” when was 14 in the Bronx.
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I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.
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The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.
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I want to be interesting in an interview just as much as I want to do well in a part.
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I don’t talk politics and I don’t talk philosophy or anything like that, but if you look at my work, you might get an expression of me as a person.
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I found out how temperamental I am, yes. And that sometimes that can be kind of off-putting.
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To be really obvious about something, if somebody straps an M1 on your shoulder and throws you in Iraq.
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I always had this thing, when I was younger especially, I didn’t want to do movies that much.
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