If you have this enormous talent, it's got you by the balls, it's a demon. You can't be a family man and a husband and a caring person and be that animal. Dickens wasn't that nice a guy.

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I stopped working a few years ago because I just lost a spark that I'd...

I stopped working a few years ago because I just lost a spark that I'd...

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as...

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as...

Well first of all, it's hard to shoot a movie and break for a long...

Well first of all, it's hard to shoot a movie and break for a long...

For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe...

For me as an American, the most painful aspect of this is that I believe...

I did a movie called Marathon Man and it was one of my best memories.

I did a movie called Marathon Man and it was one of my best memories.

Well this is aptly called a junket, for both of us. I have never been...

Well this is aptly called a junket, for both of us. I have never been...

And that's another reason to make this movie: We can put plays on film now,...

And that's another reason to make this movie: We can put plays on film now,...

So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was...

So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was...

One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're...

One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're...

I feel cheated never being able to know what it's like to get pregnant, carry...

I feel cheated never being able to know what it's like to get pregnant, carry...

I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed...

I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed...

The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk.

The two basic items necessary to sustain life are sunshine and coconut milk.

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I feel cheated never being able to know what it's like to get pregnant, carry...

Blame is for God and small children.

Blame is for God and small children.

Somehow I think it was declared very early on that I was the - if...

Somehow I think it was declared very early on that I was the - if...

I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge...

I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge...

There's a rebirth that goes on with us continuously as human beings. I don't understand,...

There's a rebirth that goes on with us continuously as human beings. I don't understand,...

I envy people who can just look at a sunset. I wonder how you can...

I envy people who can just look at a sunset. I wonder how you can...

If there is no direct threat why are we invading?

If there is no direct threat why are we invading?

In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the...

In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the...