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Quotes
 I
find it sad that by not talking about who I sleep with, that makes me
mysterious. There was a time when I would have been called a gentleman.
I'm
not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is
crooked, the teeth aren't straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso
pallbearer, but somehow it all works.
If
you haven't turned rebel by twenty you've got no heart; if you haven't
turned establishment by thirty you've got no brains!
Success
is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in
the hills get and the higer the fences get.
This
has definitely been the highlight of my day.
I
read the screenplay and nearly fell out of bed. I thought I better meet
him quick before someone else read it.
Discussing
occasional misconceptions by women that he is gay: For them it's a
challenge. They want to be the one to turn me around. I let them.
My
idea of credibility is primarily self-imposed and it all relates to the
thing that I've been interested in as an actor and a director, which is
what are you willing to live with as a human being? And there's things
I'm just not willing to live with--and I won't. And if it means that I
stop and find something else in life that interests me or challenges me,
so be it.
The
less you know about me, the easier it is to convince you that I am that
character on screen. It allows an audience to come into a movie theatre
and believe I am that person.
Success
is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in
the hills get and the higher the fences get.
Beyond
the Sea is not a linear story at all. It's not what people will expect
and it's not a biopic. It's my statement.
If
you're lucky enough to do well, it's your responsibility to send the
elevator back down.
I
was beginning to feel I just didn't want to go through another 10 years
of living in hotels, making three or four movies a year. I long for the
ritual of theater. I adore it. And I want to do plays that challenge me.
The
movies are not my first priority - the theater is.
If
you look at how most artistic beginnings have been greeted in this
country UK, I'm in very good company. I know I'm a bigger target as long
as I'm seen as a Hollywood movie star instead of as an actor of the
theater, even an artistic director. They don't accept that I come in to
work here every day, and have done for the last two-and-a-half years,
and will continue to do so.
There
is no prize, out there. The only prize is, this one, and what you feel
and what you want to accomplish. And if you can, as you start out, these
what could be lean years or could be fat years. I feel that I very often
watch a lot of young people sort of meander around without any idea
about why they're doing what they're doing.
I
mean to want and to be ambitious and to want to be successful, is not
enough. That's just desire. To know what you want, to understand why
you're doing it, to dedicate every breath in your body to achieve... If
you feel you have something to give, if you feel that your particular
talent is worth developing, is worth caring for then there's nothing you
can't achieve.
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