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“I think we all choose our style from the ether and whatever is out there.”
“I enjoy trying to figure out the best way to compliment the picture and not overpower it.”
“Games, by nature, have more plot options and non-linear qualities than TV and film.”
“I'm half Jewish, half Scottish. It's hard for me to buy anything.”
“Just like every show has a tone, every show has different people on it playing different games. I don't say 'game' in a pejorative sense, I just mean, these are different stories that we tell ourselves when we go to work.”
“I lost my virginity when I was 14. And I haven't been able to find it.”
“Most journalists expect me to answer all their questions about aliens and spaceships.”
“You can go through life and actually speak your mind and do it in an articulate fashion and with a really intelligent point of view.”
“Fame does lead to money, which I don't have a close relationship with. I'm the kind of guy who never sees the money - it all goes somewhere else. I don't understand it, I don't like to deal with it. I have a fear of not having it, because I grew up without it.”
“I love dogs. They live in the moment and don't care about anything except affection and food. They're loyal and happy. Humans are just too damn complicated.”
“I don't like watching people work if they're making art.”
“If you're smart, you'll always be humble. You can learn all you want, but there'll always be somebody who's never read a book who'll know twice what you know.”
“I'm always trying to perfect the romantic comedy, though.”
“I had a fear that I'd be typecast, but I don't really have that fear anymore.”
“I don't think of myself as a TV actor. I think of myself as a film, television and Off-Off-Off-Off Broadway actor.”
“It's hard to find scripts that know what they are from page one to page 115.”
“What strikes me is that 'XIII' looks like a movie. The shot making is movie-like, which is kind of fun - the kind of playful action movie shot making is pretty, is pretty good. What's also great about this game is its style and interesting story-line.”
“'Alien' is a great movie. So is 'Close Encounters.' But I'm not the guy who goes out to the science-fiction festival. '2001's good.”
“Well, I still write poetry, but I wouldn't call myself a poet.”
“At one time there were voiceover artists, now there are celebrity voiceover artists. It's unfortunate because these people need the money less than the voiceover artist.”