"Love is overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate"
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"Sometimes what we imagine and the world aren't different things. Sometimes they are the same exact thing."
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"I believe in one day at a time; you've got TODAY, that's what you' ve got."
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"Sometimes you're fighting corporations and forget that people can talk to each other."
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"I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools."
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"The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times. A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever."
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"It's never really that much fun for me to do movies anyway, because you - you know, you have to get up very early in the morning and you have to go in and you spend a lot of time waiting around."
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"A kiss is a lusty dollop of dessert to be served with desire and savored with passion."
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"I don’t understand the hatred and fear of gays and bisexuals and lesbians… it’s a concept I honestly cannot grasp. To me, it’s not who you love… a man, a woman, what have you… it’s the fact that you love. That is all that truly matters."
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"The difference between the actor and the painter is that the actor would buy somebody a knish in order to have them watch him act."
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"When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I'm going to do a big scene that's dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it."
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"The fruit falls off the tree. You don't shake it off before it's ready to fall."
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"I was playing a part of someone dealing dope on a street corner - and there was a guy actually dealing heroin right there. I looked at him, he looked at me, and I got real confused."
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"In America most everybody who's Italian is half Italian. Except me. I'm all Italian. I'm mostly Sicilian, and I have a little bit of Neapolitan in me. You get your full dose with me."
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"It wasn't until I got older that I realized acting was something I could really do."
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"Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me."
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"That's the way to live - around people who care. It may be a tough ride, but something is going to come out of it."
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"The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You're in a conversation and everybody's agreeing with what you're saying - even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear."
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"There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."
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"I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience."
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