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Around my own friends, I like to mess around. (Robert Duvall)
I've always remembered something Sanford Meisner, my acting teacher, told us. When you create a character, it's like making a chair, except instead of making someting out of wood, you make it out of yourself. That's the actor's craft - using yourself to create a character. View quote
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We all have a cradle-to-the-grave journey to make and, in between, what do you do? There's got to be something hereafter. View quote
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Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking. View quote
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Today, everything has to be made by committee, and has to have special effects, but there's always room for good films. View quote
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It's a cyclical thing. When they make one, everyone loves them. Different genres come around in succession. People always welcome the western. It's America's genre. View quote
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You just can't take a crash course to be a tango dancer in a movie. View quote
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I'll keep on acting 'til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like to do different parts and diverse characters. I haven't lost my enthusiasm yet! View quote
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You get below the Mason-Dixon line and you have some of the best music, culture, the two races, the literature, and it's so rich. View quote
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Too many people think that economics is this subject that should wait until the university level. But it can't wait that long. View quote
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I love going to black churches, and I love some of these black preachers. The best preacher I ever saw in my life was a 93-year-old in a black church in Hamilton, Virginia. What a preacher! (Robert Duvall)
I always figure from the cradle to the grave, we all have our individual journeys, and maybe my journey was a positive one and I accomplished certain things without stepping on too many toes. View quote
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Some people say, 'Do you have any theories on acting?' And I say, well maybe: I think you can start with zero and end with zero. You don't have to go anywhere, you don't have to go for the result. View quote
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Some Russian ballet master woman said there's no culture in America, but if you look you can find interesting stuff in this country, don't you think? View quote
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When I'm at home in Virginia, I become more hermit-like. I like my own home. View quote
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I love working in Texas anywhere. View quote
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As long as they keep offering me some good parts and so forth - there are some parts out there that fit me pretty well - I'll keep going for a while. View quote
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I think there are more good young actors now than ever. It's a medium that everyone wants to be connected with - it is such a hip medium going into the 21st century. View quote
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I'm better than Olivier. View quote
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One thing I like about Argentina, they only cook with salt; that's it. View quote
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A young actor once asked me, What do you do between jobs? I said, Hobbies, hobbies, and more hobbies. (Robert Duvall)
The money part is one of the most difficult things. Coppola always said I should do a tango movie. If it hadn't been for him, I don't know where we would have gotten the money. View quote
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Well, it's like my movie, 'The Apostle.' Some people in the North don't get that movie. They think that, in the South, if you don't shout, you can't play one of those guys. View quote
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I try not to look for messages in films. View quote
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Way, way, way back I played a little bit, but I am definitely not a golfer. You know, it just takes too much time anyway during the course of the day. View quote
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