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They are the silent griefs which cut the heart-strings.

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I am... a mushroom; On whom the dew of heaven drops now and then.

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Electronics is clearly the winner of the day.

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Revenge proves its own executioner.

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How did I get to Hollywood? By train.

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Let me live in a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man.

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Bring me men to match my mountains: Bring me men to match my plains: Men with empires in their purpose and new eras in their brains.

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It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate need for solitude and the solitary experience. That's always been a tug of war for me.

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As an actor, I'm always playing solitary characters. But as a director, I'm always making ensemble movies, which focus on lots of people's lives and how they intertwine.

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I do almost all my movies in French. I dub them.

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Any actor working a long time should know how a shot is set up, where to place themselves, how to handle the lines. I'm a member of the crew, like the best boy, the electrician. What I'm good at is making eyes at the camera.

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Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

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Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

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Acting, for me, is exhausting. I'm always more energized by directing. It's more intense to direct. I can pop in and express myself, then pop out again. It's a huge passion for me.

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I guess I've played a lot of victims, but that's what a lot of the history of women is about.

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I had a prodigious life, living in a grown-up world when I was a child. But I think my abilities were about perceptiveness, and they were about examining psychology and examining people and relationships.

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I read more than I do anything else, probably. I read about three books a week.

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I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so that's kind of a natural progression. But I'm definitely drawn to it. It's probably the most intense, passionate thing that happens to you as you get older.

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Every movie that I've had to really knock down the door for has been an enormous success for me. Not just like a financial success but a real personal success.

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The world is littered with movies about people that are depressed that either did not come out or are not successful.

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