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> [Since I've started to star in pictures I have always managed to retain my singularity of purpose when I got into the business, which was to be an artist, as an actor, more than anything else. But to get the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-dern/since-i-ve-started-to-star-in-pictures-i-have-always-managed-to/)

[Bruce Dern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-dern/)

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## More by Bruce Dern

> [I'm not good at living in the grim places...when we did Gatsby, I lived in Claridges, that's where I wanted to live. I can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-dern/i-m-not-good-at-living-in-the-grim-places-when-we-did-gatsby-i-lived/)

[Bruce Dern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-dern/)

> [I'm curious about what makes people do things that they do, unless it's absolutely terrifying to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-dern/i-m-curious-about-what-makes-people-do-things-that-they-do-unless-it/)

[Bruce Dern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-dern/)

> [When I was starting to get noticed as an actor in the 1970s for something other than the third cowboy on the right who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-dern/when-i-was-starting-to-get-noticed-as-an-actor-in-the-1970s-for/)

[Bruce Dern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-dern/)

> [I'm not a good reader. I had to take remedial reading in school. I was a slow reader and therefore it's tough for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-dern/i-m-not-a-good-reader-i-had-to-take-remedial-reading-in-school-i-was/)

[Bruce Dern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-dern/)

> [The difference between my generation of actors and their generation is that they were bigger than life. We are not bigger than life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-dern/the-difference-between-my-generation-of-actors-and-their-generation/)

[Bruce Dern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-dern/)

> [I never voted for a president until I felt Obama had a dream and might pull it off, and that was the first time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-dern/i-never-voted-for-a-president-until-i-felt-obama-had-a-dream-and/)

[Bruce Dern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-dern/)

> [I tried to make the Olympics team in 1956](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-dern/i-tried-to-make-the-olympics-team-in-1956/)

[Bruce Dern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-dern/)

> [Since I've started to star in pictures I have always managed to retain my singularity of purpose when I got into the business, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-dern/since-i-ve-started-to-star-in-pictures-i-have-always-managed-to/)

[Bruce Dern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-dern/)

> [Everybody can't be like Redford and pop out there and make big bucks right away because you look like a Greek god... The guy's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-dern/everybody-can-t-be-like-redford-and-pop-out-there-and-make-big-bucks/)

[Bruce Dern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-dern/)

> [I'm totally sports-oriented; I relate a lot of my career and everything to sports.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-dern/i-m-totally-sports-oriented-i-relate-a-lot-of-my-career-and/)

[Bruce Dern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-dern/)

> [I took Laura on a trip once where we followed the Immigrant Trail for about six hundred miles. She really learned a lesson. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-dern/i-took-laura-on-a-trip-once-where-we-followed-the-immigrant-trail-for/)

[Bruce Dern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-dern/)

> [I'm a big wilderness, mountain guy. I love to go up in the mountains and I can just sit for hours and just look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-dern/i-m-a-big-wilderness-mountain-guy-i-love-to-go-up-in-the-mountains/)

[Bruce Dern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-dern/)

> [In Hitchcocks eyes the movement was dramatic, not the acting. When he wanted the audience to be moved, he moved the camera. He was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-dern/in-hitchcocks-eyes-the-movement-was-dramatic-not-the-acting-when-he/)

[Bruce Dern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-dern/)

> [If the film isn't in some way going to study behavior then I'm not interested, but the reason why I'm not interested in directing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-dern/if-the-film-isn-t-in-some-way-going-to-study-behavior-then-i-m-not/)

[Bruce Dern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-dern/)

> [I've always thought that if Israel really wanted to solve the problem, they'd just start tomorrow and push right to the Jordan River, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-dern/i-ve-always-thought-that-if-israel-really-wanted-to-solve-the-problem/)

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