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Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed.
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Most movies are lucky to have one moment, one shot that you look at and you always remember that moment and that scene.
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Having a mixed background and feeling a little bit like a fish out of water in most places can be a benefit.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work.
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The only thing that I always do - is once I've taken on a job, even just to do one scene in a movie, I ask myself, What's happened the moment the kid was born, until page one of the script? To answer that simple question, I have an infinite amount of work to do. And I enjoy that part as much as I enjoy any part of making movies.
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In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.
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I think the older you get the harder it is to [lose] probably. Your metabolism slows down, whatever, but I'm a pretty active person.
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Once you learn the idea of what a good guy is, you want your dad to be a good guy, and when your dad lets you down and doesn't act like a good guy, it's disappointing and can make you angry as you see it happen, which is beautiful and very believable.
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In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.
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I've been naked physically in movies - but it's a whole other thing to be naked emotionally in a way that's not just a distraction or a character.
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If you tell the story emotionally in a truthful way, then you start naturally looking at the landscape and thinking Wow, we have to watch out.
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We all have secrets, some secrets bigger than others, is a normal human thing.
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I'm not that involved in personal grooming. But I try not to be offensive to people.
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I think, on a surface level, people are surprised to see me playing such a passive role in 'Good.'
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I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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I have a work ethic. If I say I'm going to do something, I do it.
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Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.
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Any nominations a movie gets helps to raise the level of curiosity in the public, so in that sense awards and nominations are important.
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You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it. Democracy, marriage, friendship. You can't just say she's my best friend. That's not a given, it's a process.
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Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them.
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Some people who like dogs don't like cats, but I'm not like that.
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I think if you don't say something it's lying by omission. I personally think it's immoral.
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