"It's always a combination of physics and poetry that I find inspiring. It's hard to wrap your head around things like the Hubble scope."
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"E-mail is far more convenient than the telephone, as far as I'm concerned. I would throw my phone away if I could get away with it."
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"The cinema has the power to make you not feel lonely, even when you are."
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"Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."
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"I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is."
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"I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism."
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"Saying no to something is actually much more powerful than saying yes."
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"You have to adhere to a philosophy that the life unexamined is not worth living, because otherwise you're just living from day to day and you don't have any real sense of yourself or where you are."
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"Reading a script is usually as exciting as reading a boilerplate legal document, so when you read one that makes you feel as if you're seeing the movie, you know it's something different."
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"I've made quite a number of movies like Castaway and a few others where I'm the only guy in the movie and the only place to be is right next to the camera in costume ready to go in order to get it. The years, and more specifically probably the four months prior to beginning shooting, is where the big preparation is that the director does because I knew we were going to get on the set. And the good news is, if you're the boss, if it ain't good, you don't use it. You just cut it out."
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"My wife and I, we met making a movie. This is not just our job, it's our life. It's what we do naturally whether we're working together or not."
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"From now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a miracle; we just decided to go."
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"The power of the individual is as powerful as the universe is infinite."
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"Help and you will abolish apathy-the void that is so quickly filled by ignorance and evil."
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"There is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market. People should be able to enjoy where they live while at the same time protect the plants and animals around them."
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"Every job requires a certain riding of a horse."
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"And then it was like, wait, you can go to college and study theater? And act in plays? This is almost a racket, you know. And then when the opportunity came along to do it professionally, I thought I'd won the lottery."
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"I try not to lie to people - the only way to control the way you're perceived is to tell the truth."
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"My favorite traditional Christmas movie that I like to watch is All Quiet on the Western Front. It's just not December without that movie in my house."
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"Hold the mirror up to nature. Human behavior is worthy of examination and celebration."
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