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It's A Tough Thing-you Get In A Situation Where You Feel You Have To Be Perfect All The Time And It Sucks.

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It's A Tough Thing-you Get In A Situation Where You Feel You Have To Be Perfect All The Time And It Sucks.

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My First Date Was With A Girl Named Cessi. We'd Had A Beautiful Relationship Over The Phone All Summer Long. Then She Came Home And We Met To Go Out For The First Time To The Movies. When I Saw Her I Was Petrified. I Couldn't Even Look Her In The Eye To Talk To Her.

My Career Should Adapt To Me. Fame Is Like A Vip Pass Wherever You Want To Go.

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We Actually Did A Lot Of Takes On This Movie [j. Edgar Hoover]. I Never Left The Set Wanting More. That's For Sure. I Don't Know. This Was A Very Difficult Character For Me And A Lot Of The Other Actors Here, And At Times We Went And Did 8 Or 9 Or 10 Takes On A Single Day.

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It's Interesting In This Day And Age To Do A Film About Political Espionage And Wiretapping. I Don't Think That Those Types Of Secrets That J. Edgar Hoover Was Able To Obtain And Keep For Such A Long Period Of Time Would Be Possible In Today's World, With The Internet And Wikileaks.

I Figure Life's A Gift And I Don't Intend On Wasting It. You Don't Know What Hand Your Gonna Get Dealt Next. You Learn To Take Life As It Comes At You... To Make Each Day Count.

The More I've Acted, I've Realised That I Have A) No Control Of And B) No Way Of Really Quite Understanding How People React To Anything I Do, Or Any Movie I Do.

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I've Never Known A Situation In My Career Where A Terrible Script Turned Into A Movie That Was Out Of This World Or Was A Success.

[success] Always Starts With The Material; It Always Starts With The Truth And Honesty Of The Characters That You Read In The Screenplay And That's Rarely Something That Can Be Remedied If It's Simply Not There By The Time You Shoot The Film. Thank God We Had That.

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I Feel A Moral Obligation To Speak Out At This Key Moment In Human History - It Is A Moment For Action.

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People Always Ask, 'was It Fun? Was It Fun Working On A Movie?' I Don't Know If That's The Operative Word. It Is Challenging And Interesting And All Those Other Things, But Fun Isn't Always.

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Acting Is The Only Time When I Truly Maintain The Spontaneity That I Want To Be Present At All Times.

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I Urge Individuals Around The World To Stand Up, And Ask Local Leaders, If They Haven't Already, To Pledge To Purchase Cleaner Cars, Build Green Facilities, And Buy Green Power Like Wind Or Solar Energy. Our Actions May Determine If We Become A Casualty In The War For A Habitable Planet For Generations To Come.

I Got Everything I Need Right Here With Me. I Got Air In My Lungs, A Few Blank Sheets Of Paper. I Mean, I Love Waking Up In The Morning Not Knowing What's Gonna Happen Or, Who I'm Gonna Meet, Where I'm Gonna Wind Up. Just The Other Night I Was Sleeping Under A Bridge And Now Here I Am On The Grandest Ship In The World Having Champagne With You Fine People. I Figure Life's A Gift And I Don't Intend On Wasting It. You Don't Know What Hand You're Gonna Get Dealt Next. You Learn To Take Life As It Comes At You... To Make Each Day Count.

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Personal Opinions

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At First I Thought I Would Have To Put On An English Accent And Try A Sort Of Affected Shakespeare Thing.

Our Oil-based Society Depends On Non-renewable Resources. It Requires Relentless Probing Into Vast Reaches Of Pristine Land, Sacrificing Vital Bioregions, And Irreplaceable Cultures. The Possibility Of Catastrophic Climate Change Is Substantially Increased By The 40 Million Barrels Of Oil Burned Every Day By Vehicles. We Must All Move Shoulder To Shoulder In A Unified Front To Show This Administration That The True Majority Of People Are Willing To Vote For A Cleaner Environment And Won't Back Down.

I Created My Foundation As A Result Of That And My Website, And I Try To Shed Some Light On Some Very Topical Issues Right Now. The Idea Is To Try To Get People To Become Obviously More Knowledgeable About The Issue And Try To Get Corporations And Individuals To Contribute To These Nonprofit Organizations.

I've Always Been Spontaneous And Outgoing... I've Tried Lots Of Things So I've Got Some Good Life Experiences, Which Is Great 'cause It Means I've Got Lots Of Material To Work With As An Actor.

I Think People Read The Tabloids Because They Want To See You Eating A Burger, Or Out Of Your Makeup Or Doing Something Stupid Because They Just Want To See That You're Like Everyone Else. And That's Okay. I Don't Want To Catch Myself Anymore Saying That My Life Is Hard, Because The Good Far Outweighs The Bad In My Life. And It's Easier To Focus On Those Things, On The Things That Are Important.

The Truth Of The Matter Is This - I Never Look For Films Specifically, Because Ultimately If The Fundamentals Of The Character And The Script And The Director Aren't There, It Makes It A Moot Point.

I Was Always The Kid In School Who Tried To Get Attention, Not Necessarily The Class Clown, But I'd Do Little Unexpected Performances.

Kate Winslet Also Happens To Be One Of My Close Friends Who I Goof Off With Like Crazy. It Was A Reunion Of Two People Who, I Guess, Are A Little Bit Older, A Tiny Bit Wiser But Ultimately Were The Same As They Were When They Were 21.

We Must All Move Shoulder To Shoulder In A Unified Front To Show This Administration That The True Majority Of People Are Willing To Vote For A Cleaner Environment And Won't Back Down.

School, I Never Truly Got The Knack Of. I Could Never Focus On Things I Didn't Want To Learn.

I Like To Be Able To Play A Character And Act Out A Lot Of Things Which I Can't Or Don't Do In My Normal Everyday Life.

At First Glance, You Read Something On The Page And It Can Seem One Way, And You Can Have Your Decisions Before You Wind Up On Set About What That Set Is Supposed To Mean, But Until You're Actually There Doing Them, There's Really No Way To Understand It.

If A Film Is Good, And I'm Sort Of Able To Sit There And Absorb Myself Within That World. And Get Lost. That Is A Pretty Powerful Tool. And There's Not Many Paintings Out There, That Make Me Want To Stare At It For Hours At A Time, And Wonder Where I Am!

We [ With Russel Crowe] Had An Arabic Coach There [ In The Body Of Lies] That Was Really Helpful, Because It Was More So Than Any Accent. You Have To Be So Exact, And There's Different Dialects Of Arabic From Country To Country So It Was Really, Really Difficult To Tell You The Truth. And One Of The Hardest Things I've Ever Had To Do Language-wise, Because It Comes From The Throat. It's Different. And Also Learning About The Customs And The Culture And All That, So We Had Advisors For That Sort Of Thing.

I Will Fly Around The World Doing Good For The Environment.

Around The World

Honored Delegates, Leaders Of The World, I Pretend For A Living.

I Realise That I Do Not Change The Course Of History. I Am An Actor, I Do A Movie, That's The End Of It. You Have To Realise We Are Just Clowns For Hire. After I Had Success It Was Great, At First, Not To Worry About Money. It Was On My Mind When I Was Growing Up.

I Have Never Been A Fashionista Or Someone Who Puts A Lot Of Thought Into What I Wear, And I Dress To Be As Comfortable As I Possibly Can.

I've Never Tried To Reach A Certain Demographic Of An Audience Or Try To Say: Ok, Now I'm Going To Do This Type Of Film To Transition Myself Into More Adult Roles. Or A Romantic Hero. Or Whatever It May Be.

Protecting Our Future On This Planet Depends On The Conscious Evolution Of Our Species.

I Just Want To Keep Doing What I'm Doing And Hopefully People Will Watch My Movies.

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Don't Think For A Moment That I'm Really Like Any Of The Characters I've Played. I'm Not. That's Why It's Called 'acting'.

I Don't Have Emotions About A Lot Of Things. I Rarely Get Angry, I Rarely Cry. I Guess I Do Get Excited A Lot, But I Don't Get Sad And Enormously Happy. I Think A Lot Of People Who Talk About All That Crap Are Lying. Right Now I'm Just Trying To Maintain Happiness — That's All I Really Care About. Anyway, When You're My Age And Your Hormones Are Kicking In, There's Not Much Besides Sex That's On Your Mind.

I've Managed To Keep A Clear Head And Remain Sane In This Business Because I Remain A Kid Off-camera.

I've Been Planted Here To Be A Vessel For Acting... That's Why I'm Really Taking Any Part, Regardless Of How Complicated It's Going To Be.

I Lived In Hollywood And, Ironically, I Didn't Know You Could Just Go Out And Get An Agent And Go On Auditions And Try And Become An Actor, I Thought It Was Like A Masonic Thing, Like A Blood Line You Had To Belong To – Until I Was 13. Then I Realised What You Had To Do. It Is The One Thing I Know I Want To Do For The Rest Of My Life.

I'm Not Really The Quiet Type, Although Some People Think I Am. But I'm The Rebel Type In The Sense That I Don't Think I'm Like Everyone Else. I Try To Be An Individual.

Our Planet's Alarm Is Going Off, And It Is Time To Wake Up And Take Action!

I Sometimes Have To Look Back And Say, "wow, This Is Amazing What Has Happened To Me. I Have Been Able To Fulfill A Lot Of These Dreams That I Had When I Was Very Young." It's A Pretty Amazing Feeling. But At The Same Time It Becomes Addictive!

We Must Set An Example Now And Move Environmentalism From Being The Philosophy Of A Passionate Minority ... To A Way Of Life That Automatically Integrates Ecology Into Governmental Policy And Normal Living Standards.

It's A Tough Thing-you Get In A Situation Where You Feel You Have To Be Perfect All The Time And It Sucks.

I Didn't Even Know What I Did In 'what's Eating Gilbert Grape'. I Just Went Off With Whatever I Felt Instinctually Without A Second Thought.

Second Thoughts

Mozambique Is Having An Economic Resurgence But Still Four Out Of 10 People There Have Hiv Or Aids...there's Astounding Conditions But What I Was Left With...was The Power Of The Human Spirit There And The Fact These People Have Been Through So Much And They Were Still Dancing In The Streets

With Romeo And Juliet, You're Talking About Two People Who Meet One Night, And Get Married The Same Night. I Believe In Love At First Sight-but It Hasn't Happened To Me Yet.

I Insist On Keeping A Level Head. I've Maintained The Same Exact Home Life That I’ve Had For 20 Years. All I See Is More People Looking At Me Than Before. But, You Know, Who Cares? You Just Can't Obsess Yourself With This Fame Stuff.

The Gatsby That I Remember Reading When I Was 15 Years Old In Junior High School Was Far Different From The Gatsby I Read As An Adult.

Yes, I Can Play Younger Than My Age. But I Can Play Characters Older Than I Am, Too. I'm Not An Actor Who Can Just Play The Kid.

I Got Attention By Being Funny At School, Pretending To Be Retarded, And Jumping Around With A Deformed Hand.

Love At First Sight? I Absolutely Believe In It! You've Got To Keep The Faith. Who Doesn't Like The Idea That You Could See Someone Tomorrow And She Could Be The Love Of Your Life? It's Very Romantic.

Subconscious Is Motivated By Emotion, Right? Not Reason.

I Just Really Love Doing What I Do. I Know Every Career Is Fleeting And There Will Be Time Periods When I Don't Get The Opportunities That I'm Getting Right Now, So I Am Taking Advantage Of Them.

I Think It's A Real Danger, As An Actor, When You Try To Make Some Statement Through Your Career About What The Business Should Be Doing Or Ultimately What Your Image Should Be Or How You Want To Be Perceived. I Look At Every Project That Comes Along And Say, "is This Something I Can Sink My Teeth Into And Can Do A Good Job On?" That's Really How I Choose Roles.

Drugs? Every One Has A Choice And I Choose Not To Do Drugs.

It's Not Just Global Warming, It's Not Just A Loss Of Biodiversity, It's Not Just The Pollution Of Our Oceans And The Clearing Of Our Rainforests And All These Complicated Systems, The [11th Hour] Movie Talks About The World Economy, It Talks About Politics, It Talks About Personal Transformation And Environmental Consciousness That We Need To Have In This Generation To Implement A Lot Of These Changes That Need To Occur.

Personal Transformation

When I Was Doing 'this Boy's Life' I Wanted To Be As Old As Robert Deniro And As Experienced As Him And Have The Same Respect As He Did In That Movie.

Being Dubbed As A Hunk Sort Of Annoys Me. It Gives Me A Yucky Feeling.

Everywhere I Go, Somebody Is Staring At Me. I Don't Know If People Are Staring Because They Recognize Me Or Because They Think I'm A Weirdo.

The Challenge For Me Was Not Just The Prosthetic Work And How To Move Like An Older Man Would Move, But More So How To Have 50 Years Of Experience In The Workplace And Talk To A Young Robert F. Kennedy As If He Was Some Political Upstart That Didn't Know What The Hell He Was Talking About. That Was The Big Challenge [in The J. Edgar Hoover Mоvie].

Mother Earth Is Hurting. And She Needs A Generation Of Thoughtful, Caring And Active Kids Like All Of You To Protect Her For The Future.

I Just Happen To Think People Are Better Off Doing Something They Actually Like.

I Don't Think My Parents Would Be Shocked About Anything I Did, Because They're So Laid-back.

There's A Difference In Our Ages [with Leonardo Dicaprio], But We Were Both In The Same Sort Of Position [on The Quick And The Death Movie].everyone Below Us In A Casting Position Were All These Really Famous Character Actors Like Keith David. And They Were Looking At The Two Of Us Going, 'who Are These Guys?' So That Naturally Kind Of Put Us Together In A Way Where We'd Just Hang Out Together Because We Didn't Care About Status. We Just Wanted To Enjoy The Experience. The Two Things That Have Changed About Leo [ Dicaprio] Since That Time: He Can Drink Legally And He's No Longer A Virgin.

This Created World Really Helped Me As An Actor. It Heightened Everything, Which Made It More Dangerous, More Interesting And More Liberating.

I Think Everyone Has Some Sort Of Connection To Gatsby As A Character... He's Created Himself According To His Own Emotions And Dreams And Lifted Himself By His Bootstraps From A Poor Kid In The Midwest And Created This Image That Is The Great Gatsby And It's A Truly American Story In That Regard.

The Last Thing I Want To Turn Into Is A Fat Hollywood Jerk. I Was Brought Up Without Much Money And I Was Happy. I Don’t Think That I Will Strive For Money Or Success And End Up Greedy Or Big-headed. That Only Leads To Unhappiness. I Can Still Be Down-to-earth And Do This Job As Long As I Enjoy It.

I Am Not A Scientist, But I Don't Need To Be.

It's Very, Very Rare In This Business [moviemaking] Where A Script Lands On Your Lap Ready To Go.

As An Actor, You're Constantly Searching For That Great Character. Also, Being A History Buff And Learning About People In Our Past And Amazing Things That They've Done, I Came Across A Book About Howard Hughes And He Was Set Up As Basically, The Most Multi-dimensional Character I Could Ever Come Across. Often, People Have Tried To Define Him In Biographies, But No One Seems To Be Able To Categorize Him.

It’s Easy To Be An Expert If You’re The Only One In The World With An Interest.

Dreams Feel Real While We're In Them. It's Only When We Wake Up That We Realize Something Was Actually Strange.

My Parents Know I Was Outgoing As A Child, And Whenever People Came Over I'd Automatically Do Impressions Of Them As Soon As They Left; It Was My Mom's Favorite Thing.

For The Economy Itself Will Die If Our Ecosystems Collapse.

Thousands Of Climate Scientists Agree That Global Warming Is Not Only The Most Threatening Environmental Problem But Also One Of The Greatest Challenges Facing All Of Humanity. We Must Demand A Separation Between Oil And State. We Can Get Off Oil And Slow Global Warming.

Love Is A Sudden Revelation: A Kiss Is Always A Discovery

One Of My Passions Is To Meet People And Then Imitate Them. I Love Doing That.

Sam [mendes] Said He Took Advantage Of The Fact That Kate And I Were So Close For Many Years. He Knew It Was Something He Could Harness In Our Performances, And We Knew That Too.

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