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" Even if you do succeed most people wouldn't notice anyway. "
John Malkovich
People
Even
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" Fashion is chaotic, and it can be an aggravation, too, but it is at its best when it allows you to express yourself. "
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" Most filmmakers' entire body of knowledge is of other movies. When they describe things, they describe them in relation to other movies. That's why we have so many cyclical movies that look like other movies. But I'm not cynical. I even go to some of those movies. "
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Look
Knowledge
" I have at times spoken with my peers and the head of the actors' union about why we're not paid when we appear in, say, a 'TMZ' production, but there seems to be no real interest in combatting it. "
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Real
Say
" My father was an exceptionally strong influence on me. "
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Me
Influence
Strong
" I don't understand how somebody wouldn't have a sense of humor about themselves. "
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" I don't mind tracksuits. At the track. "
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Mind
Track
" I brought my first fall/winter line to New York, and it was confiscated by U.S. Customs. They asked, 'What is the value of this?' I said, 'I'm not so good with existential questions.' "
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Good
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" I don't need to be liked. "
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Need
Liked
" I'm more likely to lose my temper on a film set than almost anywhere. Often the level of idiocy is so exalted that it's impossible to comprehend. "
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Film
Temper
Lose
" People always say life is short. I've never been convinced of that - mine seems to have a tendency to go on and on. "
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Life
Short
Say
" People get up, they go to work, they have their lives, but you'll never see the headlines say, 'Six billion people got along rather well today.' You'll have the headline about the 30 people who shot each other. "
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Today
You
See
" When you think of how history is revealed, we know certain things to be facts at certain periods of time, which turn out not to be so factual as time marches on. "
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History
You
Think
" I don't mind what I play, really. "
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Really
Mind
Play
" I know for a fact that a lot of actors are desperate and unhappy if their careers are not progressing at what they think is the correct rate. They just go crazy if they're not working. I don't feel I'd be that way. You can always get a few people together and put on a play. Maybe not in New York or L.A., but in a lot of other towns, you can. "
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New York
Together
Think
" I'm supposed to be a pretty good theater actor. "
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Pretty
Good
Actor
" I don't throw things or yell. "
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Things
Throw
Yell
" If I had spent as much time in the weight room as I did designing football uniforms, I probably would have had a free college education. "
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Time
Free
Education
" I prefer to conduct my life based on how I treat people. "
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Life
My Life
People
" I am inspired by the appearance of a bohemian of the new millennium. "
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New
Inspired
I Am
" I'm a little bit phobic about stains on my clothes, so I never travel without a little packet of organic stain remover. "
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Travel
Without
Little
" I think I was born at a time when an American male had so many advantages and opportunities that weren't available to men before or after, just a very brief period. "
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American
Time
Think
" Well, I like to have fun at work. "
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Fun
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" It's not a gift of mine, but one given to me, to be able to criticise myself and not be crushed, by myself or by others. "
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Others
Me
Able
" I grew up in the Midwest, quite far from any ocean or any beach, a million miles. I think for kids who grew up where I did, the idea of California, surfing and beach life was so exotic and glamorous. "
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California
Think
Ocean
" The world is ruled by violence, or at least the imminent threat of violence. It always has been. "
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Threat
Been
Always
" I don't remember my life before I had children. "
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My Life
Life
Had
" Actors generally get to do things you probably shouldn't do in real life - well, at least as much as one might like to or be tempted to. Though I suppose a lot of actors just go ahead and do it, don't they? "
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Life
Real Life
Real
" It's tough to figure out how do we compete in Europe and North America, when obviously a living wage for us is very different than a living wage in Indonesia. "
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Living
America
Us