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I feel like the American years were my apprenticeship for doing a Bond movie.


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Listen, you make a big movie, you're going into the Coliseum, and people are going to give you the thumbs up or the thumbs down. And that's part of the game. It's part of the fun as well.

Listen, you make a big movie, you're going into the Coliseum, and people are going to give you the thumbs up or the thumbs down. And that's part of the game. It's part of the fun as well.



When I drive through a field, I want to see green grass sometimes, and I don't want to see black and white.

When I drive through a field, I want to see green grass sometimes, and I don't want to see black and white.



Confidence is essential, but ego is not.

Confidence is essential, but ego is not.



You've got to work. You've got to want an audience to sit forward in their chairs sometimes, rather than sit back and be bombarded with images.

You've got to work. You've got to want an audience to sit forward in their chairs sometimes, rather than sit back and be bombarded with images.



Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.

Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.



Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.

Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.



I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly rewarding. I believe in great live performance.

I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly rewarding. I believe in great live performance.



You think about taking audiences on a journey.

You think about taking audiences on a journey.



You've got to believe as a filmmaker that if a movie's good enough, it's going to survive; and if it's not, well, it won't.

You've got to believe as a filmmaker that if a movie's good enough, it's going to survive; and if it's not, well, it won't.



This is the first time in 10 years I don't know what I'm doing next and I'm rather enjoying it. Soon I'll be climbing the walls no doubt, but right now, it's not clear, I'm just enjoying the freedom.

This is the first time in 10 years I don't know what I'm doing next and I'm rather enjoying it. Soon I'll be climbing the walls no doubt, but right now, it's not clear, I'm just enjoying the freedom.





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Gardening?is one of the most underrated aspects of diplomacy.



I'm so proud to have work in this movie, "Brokeback Mountain," a movie that once again shows us that love is what makes us all very similar in spite that we can be so different, too.

I'm so proud to have work in this movie, "Brokeback Mountain," a movie that once again shows us that love is what makes us all very similar in spite that we can be so different, too.



A contemplation of God's works, a generous concern for the good of mankind, and the unfeigned exercise of humility only, denominate men great and glorious.

A contemplation of God's works, a generous concern for the good of mankind, and the unfeigned exercise of humility only, denominate men great and glorious.



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Don't think that I'm - I'd- I'm infallible. Will always make mistakes.



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I'm very honoured that there is a loyal following and I hope it continues

I'm very honoured that there is a loyal following and I hope it continues




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