I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type of guy. That's why I thought the stage is just right for me.


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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.
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Our nation's security, economy, and place on the world stage depends on the success our educatio...
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You have to wait six months to purchase a fuel efficient automobile made from overseas.
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Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety stan...
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The segregated schools of today are arguably no more equal than the segregated schools of the past.
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People really feel that, when they go to the gas pump now, that the oil cartel is holding them by th...
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It is common knowledge that smoking is considered one of the nation's leading causes of preventa...
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The Brown decision promised that every child, regardless of the color of his or her skin, would have...
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We can no longer tolerate losing one more innocent child or putting one more firefighter at risk in ...
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In Uzbekistan, hundreds of protesters were recently killed under the corrupt regime of President Kar...
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However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also criti...
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Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel ec...
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First responders will be on the frontlines if there is a terrorist attack in our communities, and we...
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Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and w...
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We must vote for hope, vote for life, vote for a brighter future for all of our loved ones.
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I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City o...
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I'm kind of embarrassed by how quickly I adjusted to L.A. I really love it. It's so pleasant...
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When you're playing a fictional character reacting to the real world, it's incredibly diffic...
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I had envisioned doing comedy since childhood. For sure.
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When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, ...
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First there was the New Hampshire primary, and we had nearly a year leading up to it. And now, look!...
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Vulnerability is huge. I love to see that in characters. It's something I feel like a lot of my ...
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This may come as a surprise, given the nature of my job, but I am very guarded and contemplative. I&...
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I happen to think singing is hilarious, especially when it pops out at the wrong time.
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I'm a very jaded and cynical person.
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My friend and I sang an a cappella rendition of Extreme's 'More Than Words' at one of ou...
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I try to explain to people that you get the roles that are right when they're right. If you have...
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You take a vacation to a place like Thailand and you're ready for the excitement of something ne...
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I'm not an activist per se, but I have strong feelings about things. People can jump on celebrit...
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I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessar...
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I like to act with people that know what they're doing.
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I have a tight family group that's really important to me. I don't want to work all the time...
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I had some really dear friends who died from AIDS-one in particular. His family wasn't around an...
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I feel like my place in this industry is still progressing.
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I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
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For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done.
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A lot of films come out before they're finished.
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If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn...
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I have some property. We have a few acres, so I like working on it, whether it's cutting stuff d...
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fasc...
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You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil...
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