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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fame
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and lawyers and the press.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
It really costs me a lot emotionally to watch myself on screen. I think of myself, and feel like I'm quite young, and then I look at this old man with the baggy chins and the tired eyes and the receding hairline and all that.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I start to become a star, I'll lose contact with the normal guys I play best.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not like assassins, or men of low character.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Things parents say to children are oftentimes not heard, but in some cases you pick up on things that your parent would like to see you have done.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a sentimental guy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
You go through stages in your career that you feel very good about yourself. Then you feel awful, like, 'Why didn't I choose something else?' But overall I'm pretty satisfied that I made the right choice when I decided to be an actor.
- Age
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lost touch with my son in terms of advice early on. Maybe it had to do with being gone so much, doing location films when he was at an age where he needed support and guidance.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't like to talk about myself that much.
- Direction
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have trouble with direction, because I have trouble with authority. I was not a good Marine.
- Half Years
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- Nov 07, 2020
I went in the Marines when I was 16. I spent four and a half years in the Marines and then came right to New York to be an actor. And then seven years later, I got my first job.
- Early Days
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- Nov 07, 2020
My early days in Broadway were all comedies. I never did a straight play on Broadway.
- Chrysler
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- Nov 07, 2020
The worst job I ever had was working nights in the Chrysler Building. I was part of a team of about five guys, and we polished the leather furniture.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't see myself as a violent guy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write in the morning from about eight till noon, and sometimes again a bit in the afternoon. In the morning I start off by going over what I had done the previous day, which my wife has happily typed up for me.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020