I destroy the painting as soon as I can see what it is. When I can make out something in it,
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All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.
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I destroy it because it’s no longer coming from my unconscious.
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Read it to the class and then afterward we would talk and I would answer questions. It was really a way of expressing and finding out about where I was at that particular time, so it was very therapeutic for me.
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I don’t see my Oscar much now. But when I first got it, there was a feeling for weeks afterward that I guess is akin to winning a gold medal in the Olympics.
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I’m so shy now I wear sunglasses everywhere I go.
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So I’ve been doing everything that has to do with being next to them, close to them.
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People are always asking me to do Shakespeare – at home, at colleges, on film locations, in restaurants. It’s like playing a piece of music, getting all the notes. It’s great therapy.
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It’s easy to fool the eye but it’s hard to fool the heart.
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There are people whose sense of reality is very strong, who have a sense of honesty.
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It’s not personal, it’s strictly business
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The physical stamina [in Revolution]. I was just shocked by it. I didn’t think I had it in me ever, and I wasn’t terribly young when I did it. I was in my early forties.
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We’re charlatans in a way, we’re magic people. Part of the behind the scenes stuff is to loosen you up, to make you feel that you are experiencing this. This is my style.
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I was never very happy with performing; it didn’t turn me on much.
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An actor basically likes to be asked to do something, no matter what position he’s in. It feels more natural. Sitting and waiting is more gratifying.
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I like women who can cook. That’s first. Love is very important, but you’ve got to have a friend first.
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