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The Interesting Thing With Child Actors Is That Kids Are Natural Actors. They're Wonderful Actors, And Most Kids Are Acting All The Time. They're Imagining They're Out In The Yard Playing. They're Imagining That Things Happened, And They Can Get Very Vivid.

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The Interesting Thing With Child Actors Is That Kids Are Natural Actors. They're Wonderful Actors, And Most Kids Are Acting All The Time. They're Imagining They're Out In The Yard Playing. They're Imagining That Things Happened, And They Can Get Very Vivid.

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Knowledgeable Person

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My Uncle Played Rugby, And My Dad Played Football, And They Used To Argue Which Game Was The Roughest - And Everybody Agreed Rugby Was. It's A Great Team Sport, And To Be Successful, Every Person Has To Play In The Same Level.

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Keep Your Eyes On The Horizon And Your Nose To The Wind.

Secretly Everybody's Getting Tired Of Political Correctness, Kissing Up. That's The Kiss-ass Generation We're In Right Now. We're Really In A Pussy Generation. Everybody's Walking On Eggshells. We See People Accusing People Of Being Racist And All Kinds Of Stuff. When I Grew Up, Those Things Weren't Called Racist.

People Love Westerns Worldwide. There's Something Fantasy-like About An Individual Fighting The Elements. Or Even Bad Guys And The Elements. It's A Simpler Time. There's No Organized Laws And Stuff.

I Do Believe If One Keeps Busy It's Very Good For A Person. In Fact, People Are Always Rushing Into Retirement And We Read In Europe That People There Are Talking About Their Retirement Age And Moving It To 67 Or Something. Well, Back When They Started Retirement Funds And Everything, The Average Age Was 70 Or 60, And Then All Of A Sudden Now It's 80, And So. [...] And So You Keep In Shape, You Keep Yourself Mentally In Shape. And If You Keep Yourself Mentally In Shape, Chances Are Physically It Will Follow Suit.

Our Modern Society - Especially In The West, And Especially Now - Reveres Youth.

I'm Thinking, That's Barack Obama. He Doesn't Go To Work. He Doesn't Go Down To Congress And Make A Deal. What The Hell's He Doing Sitting In The White House? If I Were In That Job, I'd Get Down There And Make A Deal. Sure, Congress Are Lazy Bastards, But So What? You're The Top Guy. You're The President Of The Company. It's Your Responsibility To Make Sure Everybody Does Well. It's The Same With Every Company In This Country, Whether It's A Two-man Company Or A Two-hundred-man Company... . And That's The Pussy Generation - Nobody Wants To Work.

I Could Be The Driver - The Uber Guy Saying, "i Used To Be In Films Years Ago... ."

I've Never Met A Genius. A Genius To Me Is Someone Who Does Well At Something He Hates. Anybody Can Do Well At Something He Loves - It's Just A Question Of Finding The Subject.

Nowadays, Politically, Everybody Is Promising Everything. That's The Only Way You Can Get Elected.

My Mother Knew How To Read Music And Everything. But I Just Kinda Learned Off Of Records. And So, I Was Listening To Records And I'd Play 'em Over And Over.

The Most Gentle People In The World Are Macho Males, People Who Are Confident In Their Masculinity And Have A Feeling Of Well-being In Themselves. They Don't Have To Kick In Doors, Mistreat Women, Or Make Fun Of Gays.

The Interesting Thing With Child Actors Is That Kids Are Natural Actors. They're Wonderful Actors, And Most Kids Are Acting All The Time. They're Imagining They're Out In The Yard Playing. They're Imagining That Things Happened, And They Can Get Very Vivid.

Men Must Know Their Limitations.

I Was Kind Of A Little Disappointed When They Started Building A Competition Between Marty (martin Scorsese) And Me. I Have The Greatest Respect For Him And All The Films He's Done Over The Years.

One Day We Will Look Back And Realize That The Barack Obama Presidency Was The Biggest Fraud Ever Perpetrated On The American People.

You Have To Teach Yourself To Act But Michael Chekhov Will Give You The Necessary Tools - And For Me, Psychological Gesture And Centers Are Extremely Valuable They Work Like A Charm. I've Used Them All Along And Still Do.

Today, The Only Thing Hollywood Swears By Is Space Adventures Because That's What Goes Over Well. For My Part, I Trust My Instinct And I Make The Films I Believe In. If The Public Follows Me, That's Wonderful. If It Doesn't Follow, "c'est La Vie.

If You Feel Like You've Got Something To Offer You Should Do It While The Iron's Hot.

Everybody Has Certain Things They Wish They Hadn't Done In Life. They Wish They Hadn't Kicked Their Dog When They Were Ten Or Something. There Are Many Things You Can Go Back And Have Regrets About. I Don't Like Doing That. But By The Same Token I Do Agree That When You Get To A Certain Stage In Life, You Change. And You Should Change.

Michael Moore And I Actually Have A Lot In Common. We Both Appreciate Living In A Country Where There's Free Expression. But Michael, If You Ever Show Up At My Front Door With A Camera, I'll Kill You. I Mean It.

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