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“I really like the way that Jack Nicholson [acts] in particular works. I like the fact that he takes enormous risks. He's an enormously disciplined actor who seems to be totally capable of dealing with the business as a business and yet drop it totally when he's working.”

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I remember candy rationing until I was, like, 7.

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But we live in a modern world, you know, and, and also it does seem to me that if you - that whatever talents…

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I like risky parts - abrasive characters the audience won't necessarily like.

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When I did 'Amadeus,' I hadn't done a play for five years. And I was so happy doing it and felt so foolish that…

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Musicals are famous for being in a constant state of flux.

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I find there is something very intimate about being the voice in someone's ear when they're driving.

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Mozart was very much an arrested adolescent.

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I've worked in a few sort of 'institutional' theaters - the Royal Shakespeare, the National Theater in England - and they're hopelessly top-heavy with…

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One of the best things that ever happened to me was Rocky Horror being a total flop in New York as a play. I…

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Contrary to popular belief, I don't just play dreadful old villains.

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I think artists are driven by the engine of their own talent, but it's a question of what use they put it to.

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My career has evolved at its own peculiar pace. American careers are supposed to have a much more singular direction than I've been able…

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