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I Learned A Lot From Clint [eastwood], Who's An Extremely Economic Director. I Learned A Lot From Michael Winterbottom, Who Really Gave A Lot Of Trust In The Actors And Allowed Them To Live In The Space Instead Of Trying To Manipulate And Make It Too Set And Too Staged. Working With [robert] De Niro Taught Me A Lot Of Being An Actors' Director And What That Is. I've Learned A Lot From Pretty Much Everybody. Hopefully I've Picked Up Something From Everybody I've Worked With.

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I Learned A Lot

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I Learned A Lot From Clint [eastwood], Who's An Extremely Economic Director. I Learned A Lot From Michael Winterbottom, Who Really Gave A Lot Of Trust In The Actors And Allowed Them To Live In The Space Instead Of Trying To Manipulate And Make It Too Set And Too Staged. Working With [robert] De Niro Taught Me A Lot Of Being An Actors' Director And What That Is. I've Learned A Lot From Pretty Much Everybody. Hopefully I've Picked Up Something From Everybody I've Worked With.

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I Realized That Very Young - That A Life Where You Don't Live To Your Full Potential, Or You Don't Experiment, Or You're Afraid, Or You Hesitate, Or There Are Things You Know You Should Do But You Just Don't Get Around To Them, Is A Life That I'd Be Miserable Living, And The Only Way To Feel That I'm On The Right Path Is Just To Be True To Myself, Whatever That May Be, And That Tends To Come With Stepping Out Of Something That's Maybe Safe Or Traditional.

I Never Felt Settled Or Calm. You Can't Really Commit To Life When You Feel That.

I Always Felt Caged, Closed In, Like I Was Punching At Things That Weren't There. I Always Had Too Much Energy For The Room I Was In.

If Anybody Comes Into My Home And Tries To Hurt My Kids, I've No Problem Shooting Them.

Figure Out Who You Are Separate From Your Family, And The Man Or Woman You're In A Relationship With. Find Who You Are In This World And What You Need To Feel Good Alone. I Think That's The Most Important Thing In Life. Find A Sense Of Self Because With That, You Can Do Anything Else.

Each Person Can Make Their Difference.

He's Amazing. He's A Really Dedicated Father. I Feel Very Blessed That Every Day I Wake Up And I Live With My Favourite People In The World, As Well As My Best Friend.

Now They Can Do All These Magic Things With Computers. So You Think You Get To Do Something In A Movie And You Find Out You Don't Get To Really Do It.

I Prefer Directing To Acting. There Is Huge Freedom That Comes From Being Behind The Camera. It Brings A Lot Of Responsibilities As Well, But Is Intensely Rewarding. Particularly The Chance To Help Draw Out The Best In Young Actors.

The Fact Is I Am Not Having Sex. But I Feel Absolutely Ripe For The, What Would You Say? Plucking?

People Say That You're Going The Wrong Way When It's Simply A Way Of Your Own.

I'm Having To Do A Lot To Keep My Clothes On And Not Be Cast In Girlfriend Roles. Some Women Will Say, "i Don't Want To Be A Man - I Want The Opportunities I Can Get As A Woman." Women Have A Certain Sexuality, And I Think Their Bodies Are Beautiful And I'm Not Embarrassed To Explore That In A Film. But There Are Things You Get Offered That Are Vulgar And Violent - Just Like There's A Side Of Me That's Vulgar And Violent.

I'm Just Glad I Was Able To Return To Some Of That Innocence And Beauty I Had As A Child When I Started My Own Family, And My Children Brought Me Back Some Of That Spirit.

Make Bold Choices And Make Mistakes. It's All Those Things That Add Up To The Person You Become.

I Think We Should Try To Be Responsible And Educate Ourselves. I'm Simply Doing That And Traveling, Learning First Hand, And Seeing First Hand What's Going On.

I Was Absolutely Never Going To Get Pregnant. I Never Felt That It Was The Right Thing To Do. Now I Wouldn't Trade That Experience For The World. It Taught Me A Lot About Life, Just The Process Of It, And Now We Have Three Other Beautiful Children That Wouldn't Otherwise Be Here.

I Grew Up As This Very Carefree, Happy Kid Then Things Turned Darker For Me. Maybe It Was Because I Saw That The World Wasn't As Happy A Place As I Had Hoped It Would Be For Me.

Of Course {i'm Bisexual}. If I Fell In Love With A Woman Tomorrow, Would I Feel That It's Okay To Want To Kiss And Touch Her? If I Fell In Love With Her? Absolutely! Yes!

There's Something About Death That Is Comforting. The Thought That You Could Die Tomorrow Frees You To Appreciate Your Life Now.

Everyone Got Kind Of Crazy With Me Mentioning I Was In Love With A Woman.

It Is Wonderful To Hear Of The Relief Efforts That Are Finally Coming To New Orleans And The Rest Of The Region, But As Well All Know, It Is Simply Not Going To Be Enough.

I Respect All Religions. What I Don't Respect Is When People Use Religion To Attack Others. I've Met People Across The World, In The Middle Of Nowhere, Who Are Just Trying To Survive And All They Have Is Religion. In Some Why, It Helps Them, And I Wouldn't Take It Away From Them. There Are Also People Who Use To To Hate And Kill. I Don't Consider Them Religious People.

I Find Flaws Attractive. I Find Scars Attractive.

I Don't See The Point Of Doing An Interview Unless You're Going To Share The Things You Learn In Life And The Mistakes You Make. So To Admit That I'm Extremely Human And Have Done Some Dark Things I Don't Think Makes Me Unusual Or Unusually Dark. I Think It Actually Is The Right Thing To Do, And I'd Like To Think It's The Nice Thing To Do.

I Take My Kids To School And If I Go To Work They Visit Me On Set, I Come Home. I Have Dinner With My Family. I Have Breakfast With My Family. I Have A Very Solid, A Very Warm Home. I'm Fortunate.

I Love To Put On Lotion. Sometimes I'll Watch Tv And Go Into A Lotion Trance For An Hour. I Try To Find Brands That Don't Taste Bad In Case Anyone Wants To Taste Me.

When Those Who Have The Opportunity To Speak To Those Politicians They Must Do So And If One Doesn't Have That Opportunity To Speak Directly, They Can Still Speak Indirectly And It Can Be Heard.

For Anybody That Works In Any Kind Of Demining Or Any Kind Of Humanitarian Aid Work, There Is Danger And It's Always A High-risk Area [in Cambodia].

Our Family May Seem Extraordinary In Some Magazines Or Something, But At Home It's Not. We're Really Just A Very Loving Family. We're Very Close, And We Don't Read Magazines. We Just Kind Of Go To Work And Come Home. We Try To Keep A Sense Of Reality Into Their Lives. What's Truly Real, Not Hollywood Real.

It's Very Important That People Understand That For Refugees To Come Into The Usa Is Very Difficult. What Upsets Me About The Whole Situation Is That People Don't Know The Difference Between A Migrant And A Refugee; They Don't Have Respect For What People Are Coming From - The People Who Against It - And They Have Completely Forgotten This Is What Built Our Country, The Diversity. When It Is Put Forward That Masses Of People Are Dangerous, And The Actual Numbers And The Situation Are Proven To Be Completely The Opposite Of The Way They're Presented Publicly, It's Horrible.

I Grew Up With My Career Being Thrust Upon Me. It Took Me A Long Time To Believe That I Could Do More Than That One Aspect Of Our Business.

I Hide My Emotions Mainly Because You Don't Want Somebody To Know That You Feel Sorry For Them, Because They Will Feel Worse, Or Because You Don't Want Someone To Know Or See Your Fear. If Someone Like A Sick Kid Or A Burn Victim Sees Your Fear, They Respond To How You Respond. And If You Show Them It's Terrible, They Will Get Upset. It's Something I've Learned Over The Years.

Love Should Be That Person That Inspires You To Be A Better Person.

It's Easier To Be With Somebody. But It's Better To Be Single If You're With The Wrong Person.

I'm Not A Hugger. People Make Fun Of Me. It's Something That I Have A Hard Time With. If Someone Hugs Me, I Hold My Breath. Snuggling, Cuddling, Hugging, Crying - All That Stuff Makes Me Very Uncomfortable.

I'm With A Man Who's Evolved Enough To Look At My Body And See It As More Beautiful Because Of The Journey It Has Taken.

I'd Go From Film To Film And Almost Detach From One World And Jump In Another. I Was Living As These People And Not Having A Self. I Didn't Know Who I Was. And Things Just Get Really Dark.

When I Get Logical, And I Don't Trust My Instincts - That's When I Get In Trouble.

I Always Hate Speculation On The News, So I Don't Want To Be Somebody Who Speculates.

Therapy? I Don't Need That. The Roles That I Choose Are My Therapy.

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