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- Learning how to die is therefore learning how to live,
- The strange thing is I never thought I'd do films,
- Was I happy? Or was I just not aware?
- Great talent admits shortcomings.
- The foibles of my body are pretty much out there in the work I do.
- When you have a child, as anyone knows who has them, that's basically all you want to talk about.
- Life's pretty funny when you're objectively on the outside looking at it.
- In film, you have to let go sometimes.
- I don't want to repeat myself.
- Why you do something is always kind of a mystery to me.
- Plays never feel like the right thing to do at the time.
- To act well isn't an easy thing.
- My ideal weight is 205, actually.
- I've worked with a lot of characters that are unhinged. I've played characters that are unhinged. That's, like, my job.
- I try not to plan that too much.
- I had insecurities and fears like everybody does, and I got over it. But I was interested in the parts of me that struggled with…
- Yeah, writers do hate writing.
- I know I wasn't as handsome as some other guys, but I was OK with that.
- Creating something is all about problem-solving.
- When you're playing someone who really lived, you carry a burden, a burden to be accurate. But it's one that you have to let go…
- Creating anything is hard.
- I didn't really buy LPs or go to concerts.
- I don't get nervous when I'm directing a play. It's not like acting.
- I got sober when I was 22 years old.
- I had a father who was a traveling salesman.
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- By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
- I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento