I played Othello, but I didn't sit around thinking how Laurence Olivier did it when he played it. That wouldn't do me any good.

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I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule.

I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule.

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

Luck is where opportunity meets preparation.

Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what...

Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what...

I've worked in a factory. I was a garbage man. I worked in a post...

I've worked in a factory. I was a garbage man. I worked in a post...

I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know...

I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know...

When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and...

When I was a child I thought I saw an angel. It had wings and...

I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me.

I've been fortunate. I don't pick scripts. Scripts pick me.

You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib.

You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib.

You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity....

You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity....

When people protest and are upset with a movie, it becomes a big hit. They...

When people protest and are upset with a movie, it becomes a big hit. They...

If you don't trust the pilot, don't go.

If you don't trust the pilot, don't go.

I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more...

I'd be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I'd been given. I'd be more...

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I...

My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I...

The last few years I've been saying I was ready to quit. It wasn't that...

The last few years I've been saying I was ready to quit. It wasn't that...

You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of...

You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too. That's a part of...

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me...

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me...

The time to worrying about flying is when you're on the ground. When you're up...

The time to worrying about flying is when you're on the ground. When you're up...

Family is life; acting is making a living.

Family is life; acting is making a living.

Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not...

Where I think the most work needs to be done is behind the camera, not...