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“I cling to the fantasy that I could have done something more creative. Like actually writing a script, or writing a book. But the awful truth is that I... probably can't!”

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And film acting is incredibly tedious, just by its nature. It's incredibly, mind numbingly slow.

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Being on a film set, it's mind-numbing. It's like torture.

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The only reason my work seems to be eclectic up to a certain period is because I was a failure as an actor.

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Although I'm largely doing other things in life, it's very nice occasionally to put my toe back in the waters of show business.

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