The greatest crime in a Shakespeare play is to murder the king.

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Justin Salinger showed up one day with a pink cowboy hat on and everyone else...

Justin Salinger showed up one day with a pink cowboy hat on and everyone else...

Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English language,...

Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English language,...

That's my curse, I see the politics within these things and so I don't say...

That's my curse, I see the politics within these things and so I don't say...

I did not find my studies particularly enthralling.

I did not find my studies particularly enthralling.

One of my contemporaries, a colorless chap who worked much harder at his law studies,...

One of my contemporaries, a colorless chap who worked much harder at his law studies,...

And it says something about our level of disassociation, that we can provoke these wars...

And it says something about our level of disassociation, that we can provoke these wars...

In Goodfellas they have this one scene where the camera goes down some steps and...

In Goodfellas they have this one scene where the camera goes down some steps and...

Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in...

Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in...

No, I did a film called Death and the Compass as well.

No, I did a film called Death and the Compass as well.

And Walker was made with a Mexican crew, although it was shot in Nicaragua.

And Walker was made with a Mexican crew, although it was shot in Nicaragua.

I don't think about Hollywood at all.

I don't think about Hollywood at all.

I'd love to make another film in Mexico.

I'd love to make another film in Mexico.

It's interesting actually, what's gone on with that footage, and also what happened with the...

It's interesting actually, what's gone on with that footage, and also what happened with the...

Unfortunately my career began in Hollywood, doing a negative pickup for Universal pictures.

Unfortunately my career began in Hollywood, doing a negative pickup for Universal pictures.

You can't change the system through violence.

You can't change the system through violence.

Sorry, but there is no pleasure in finding new ways of saying the same stuff...

Sorry, but there is no pleasure in finding new ways of saying the same stuff...

It's always nice when the eccentrics show up.

It's always nice when the eccentrics show up.

So I had the worst experience at the very beginning, and things have been getting...

So I had the worst experience at the very beginning, and things have been getting...

I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they...

I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they...

You'd never have a motorcycle policeman out on the Indian reservation.

You'd never have a motorcycle policeman out on the Indian reservation.