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Quotes
I think most people are good at more things
than the world gives them the opportunity to do.
On Angelina
Jolie: She's ravishingly beautiful and never gets old and never gets
boring. She is a really incredible woman, and I liked her.
I kill flies, I eat meat,
you know, whatever.
My
relationship to reality has been so utterly skewed for so long that I
don't even notice it any more. It's just my reality.
There's
something at the root of our love-hate relationship with celebrity that I
think has the makings, if you could do it in a really substantive way, of
a great modern American novel. And it's something I know a lot about, and
so I feel like that's the book that I should write.
I was the first one in my group to get
married. Now I've split up, they're all married. They're like 'Come with
us to our couple's retreat'. No thanks.
Denzel is one of my favorite actors, which is
why I persisted even when I met a great deal of opposition. It was
disheartening to audition knowing the studio didn't want me. Denzel said
he wanted me and suddenly that was the end of the debate. The irony is
that Denzel is the reason I wanted the job and he got me the job.
The kindest compliments I have ever heard are
when cops tell me "Training Day" and "Assault on Precinct
13" inspired them to become cops. The funniest compliments I have
ever heard are when people tell me that "I love your band "Sugar
Ray".
I
thought it was ridiculous how scared I was. The truth is, people will
think you're a geek or a nerd. But you really can't live your life in fear
of them thinking you're a geek or a nerd."
I
used to worry a lot about being taken seriously. Because when you're
really young and kind of good-looking and you've had some success as an
actor, you feel like such a puppet.
I
think that all first novels are woven from the fabric of one's own life.
In
your early twenties, you get asked to play a lot of guys who like doing
panty raids.
Success
is designed to stunt your growth.
I
went from being a real hotshot in my town to being a real loser. People
made fun of me in school. I ended up changing schools again shortly
thereafter, and then nobody knew. - Ethan on "Explorers"
They're
the most successful bank robbers in U.S. history. And they're not famous.
Why? They never killed anybody. - Ethan on "The Newton Boys"
The
thing that surprised me in the movie was how, in a world that's so void of
emotion and people connecting to each other, relationships can have so
much power. - Ethan on "Gattaca"
I
didn't want De Niro to think I'm a full-of-sh*t, pansy-ass weirdo actor,
you know?" - Ethan on fear of working with Robert
De Niro in "Great Expectations
You
have to constantly try to keep in check why it is you're doing what you're
doing and not just let the inertia carry you forward.
The
fact that I have money is a huge surprise. I was raised in a house where I
was told, very often, that having money is just intrinsically wrong. Its
very confusing to me.
You
cannot promote something the way this country promotes and adores the
movies without also hating them. I think in there lies a great deal of
resentment.
It
was odd to be in an audience and watch people respond to her. She looked
so pretty--I'd forgotten. -Ethan on watching Uma Thurman film "Batman
and Robin" after not seeing her in awhile
It
was in the papers before it was true. 'Hey Uma, I hear we're going out.'
-Ethan on realtionship with Uma
Thurman
Fatherhood
is really fun. Also incredibly hard and humbling. It's the most average,
common thing you can do and it's the most exciting.
I
love being a daddy. That's more important.
I
think it must be entertaining for somebody at the New York Post or the
Daily News to f*ck with me. It'll be like: I went to the movies. And I
mean, yeah, but me and 10,000 other people!
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