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If you judge the character, you cant play it.

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I approach every part I'm asked to do and decide to do from exactly the same angle: who is this person, what does he want, how does he attempt to get it, and what happens to him when he doesn't get it, or if he does?

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England in the '60s and the '70s was everything that history has said; it was phenomenally exciting, musically.

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Maverick is a word which appeals to me more than misfit. Maverick is active, misfit is passive.

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Who I am gets in the way of people looking innocently at the parts I play.

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If people want to know who I am, it is all in the work.

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Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.

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And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.

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I mean, language fascinates me anyway, and different words have different energies and you can change the whole drive of a sentence.

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I'm very aware that when one is acting in the theater, you do become kind of animal about it. And you're reliant on instincts rather than tact a lot of the time.

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I was a student in London in the '70s, so CBGB really wasn't on my radar at all. Obviously, I was aware of the emergence of the Police in England and as an art student, I was very aware of David Byrne, but I suppose my musical taste at that time certainly didn't stretch towards the Dead Boys or the Ramones.

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I suppose with any good writing and interesting characters, you can have that awfully overused word [...] - a jouuuuuurney.

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There's a voice inside you that tells you what you should do.

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Each character I play has different dimensions. I'm not interested in words that pull them together.

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My idea of a real treat is Magic Mountain without standing in line.

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The difference between being an actor and a director is simple. The director has to hide his panic; the actor doesn't.

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I love perfumes. Every morning when my girlfriend and I come down to the courtyard in our block of flats we're assailed by the most delicious scent - jasmine round a doorway. It almost makes me swoon.

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If you could build a house on a trampoline, that would suit me fine.

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I love working in New York theater.

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I'm always aware of the camera and it feels like that's the audience.

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