"I was lucky enough to be in some movies where I had powerful characters or I got to be the president on TV for a little while. Very short administration."
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"My sons last summer, they won a trophy from their surfing camp and they came home and went right over to the shelf and put it up next to my Oscar. That's where we put our trophies."
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"I'm not somebody who takes stuff home with them, that if I shoot a scene and I'm personally impacted for days or something. I mean it certainly is affecting and everything, but it doesn't penetrate to some deeper layer. I'm in it when I'm in it."
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"The thing I noticed, have learned the most about directors, is: when they're very confident in themselves, they're open to creativity from other people. If they're scared or nervous, then they shut off and nobody's ideas [count]."
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"I do like the process of producing. Later in my career, like when I had the TV show, I was a producer and I've been on a few things."
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"I had told my agents that I never wanted to do an hour-long TV show. I said, "I'm not that stupid." Because it's the worst lifestyle in Hollywood."
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"Once I fix what kids watch, I'll be moving on to everything else."
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"I almost never get nervous. I have ice water in my veins."
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"The most important thing is to change what children see from the beginning. To not create a problem we have to fix later."
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"I always want a challenge. My whole career has been based on trying to avoid female characters that don't get to do anything. And it's really hard to avoid those."
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