“I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor having a career on the stage.”
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“I wanted to be Anthony Hopkins and ended up being neither a film star nor having a career on the stage.”
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“I can still fit into my Battlestar Galactica costume!”
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“My favorite thing is to be alone in a room with a blank paper in front of me and the time to fill it.”
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“The only difference from one $100 million budget film to another is which of the 12 box stars are getting $20 million to be in it.”
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“I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people.”
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“Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula.”
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“It helps to be able to be alone. 'Cuz writing is done alone, unless you collaborate, but I don't do that. Ask my ex-wife.”
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“Harrison Ford was pretty content as a carpenter who thought it would be nice to work on TV and ended up being the biggest film star in the history of cinema.”
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“From dear, dear Gloria Swanson, I learned how to live long, happy and free of health problems. I owe her my life.”
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“It is a good motive, fame and money, as it is tangible and measurable. Being an artist is neither measurable nor tangible and certainly not a way to become rich.”
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“I am very abnormal... But it wasn't very long ago that I wasn't so abnormal. I was very normal and headed for a lifetime of paying medical bills as proof of my normalcy.”
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“There is a divine moment in our lives when we all become one. It's called procreation, and it is reborn, continually and forever.”
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“America is terrified of the passage of time. Prozac Nation. Land of Face Lifts.”
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“To me, all writing is like music. And especially dialogue. I studied music in college; that is what I wanted to be, a composer. Acting got me sidetracked.”
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“A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay.”
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“Children who cling to parents or who don't want to leave home are stunted in their emotional, psychological growth.”
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“Time is money, as they say, and it was never more apropos than on a television show, where a minute is worth about $200!”
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