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

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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...

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...

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...

It's always nice when the eccentrics show up.

It's always nice when the eccentrics show up.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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,...

You can't change the system through violence.

You can't change the system through violence.

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,...

Because there is actually something very interesting in Goodfellas, how the style of the film...

Because there is actually something very interesting in Goodfellas, how the style of the film...

The future is always a dystopia in movies.

The future is always a dystopia in movies.

The life of a repo man is always intense.

The life of a repo man is always intense.

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...

I did not find my studies particularly enthralling.

I did not find my studies particularly enthralling.

I don't think about Hollywood at all.

I don't think about Hollywood at all.

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...

Yeah, I'd be happy to go back to Mexico or Japan to make another film.

Yeah, I'd be happy to go back to Mexico or Japan to make another film.

The way that a handful of corporations in Los Angeles dictate how our stories are...

The way that a handful of corporations in Los Angeles dictate how our stories are...