Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

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I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people.

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I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.

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Sometimes people call me a success for all the reasons that make me think I'm a failure.

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I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision.

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I was held hostage and almost executed by a man who was robbing us in the middle of the night.

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It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't get to the mainstream.

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If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character.

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I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me 15 years to figure that out.

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I am so thrilled by the privilege of life, and yet at the same time I know that I have to let it go.

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