If you don't think you want to go on a train and read the paper every day and work from nine to six at night, there was something about the uncertainty when I was younger which was very attractive.

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I still think I'm going to do something else when I grow up.

I still think I'm going to do something else when I grow up.

I think it's good to meet smart people and talk.

I think it's good to meet smart people and talk.

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me.

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me.

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy...

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy...

In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered...

In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered...

I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing...

I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing...

I had no desire from an early age to be on the stage.

I had no desire from an early age to be on the stage.

Nobody has a franchise on what is good.

Nobody has a franchise on what is good.

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of....

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of....

I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It...

I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It...

You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or...

You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or...

I do believe all actors are smart.

I do believe all actors are smart.

I kind of dwindled into acting.

I kind of dwindled into acting.

It made me think about a whole area of human activity that was not really...

It made me think about a whole area of human activity that was not really...

I started getting jobs, and I thought it was going to be real easy.

I started getting jobs, and I thought it was going to be real easy.

I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means.

I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means.

Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for...

Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for...

I'm a 9-11 Republican.

I'm a 9-11 Republican.

Anyone who devotes time and attention to what makes people tick, to me, is a...

Anyone who devotes time and attention to what makes people tick, to me, is a...

The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on...

The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on...