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Profession : Actor

Birth : June 1, 1948

When 'Deadwood' came along, it was totally like Shakespeare. The long speeches were like soliloquies. If one phrase of a monologue was out of whack, the entire one-page speech didn't work.

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I've been fortunate in my career to have the opportunity to pick and choose the parts I play. I've also been lucky to always be involved with quality actors, quality directors, quality writers.

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I think I'm pretty politically informed, and I find myself watching Senate hearings on C-SPAN.

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When I first came to Hollywood, I played about as many guys who save the day and get the girl as I played heavies. It's just that heavies are more interesting and last in people's minds.

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Before I accept a job, I always talk to folks about it. 'Why does he kill these 22 people?' If they say, 'What difference does it make?' I know we have nothing more to talk about. A character has to be three-dimensional.

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I wanted to be in 'The Emerald Forest.' I chased that one for six months before it all came about. I wanted to work with John Boorman!

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The first 10 years I was a professional actor, I did Shakespeare.

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I got a lot of flak; in Texas, football is not only the social thing you must do, but you do it also to prove your manhood. They all couldn't conceive of why I'd want to stop to do 'The Importance of Being Earnest.'

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I was the first one in the family, on either side, to go to college - much less graduate school.

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If you're down, it's curse; if you're up, it's a blessing.

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When I'm out there, it's just me. Nobody's controlling me, and I can do whatever I want to do. I'm my own man.

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Sometimes, I feel like directors look at me and say, 'I want to put that boy in the jungle. I want to hurt him.'

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If I rob a gas station, I'm going to get 15 years. If I steal $400 million on Wall Street, I start plea-bargaining.

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I was raised a proper Southern boy.

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I've always wanted to play a hard-boiled gumshoe, as they say.

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I've had presidents in my lifetime - and I'm old enough to have seen several - that I really detested, but they're still my president. I've had presidents that I've really liked.

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The office of the presidency is what's important, no matter who's in it.

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We all want to pretend that there isn't evil in the world. We all want to pretend that there aren't people trying to take us out and different things like that.

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I've got a family, and I love them, and I want them to have the best opportunities in the best country in the world, and I think we have to fight for it.

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Everyone has this vision of Jones as a maniacal ogre. Wrong. He was charming, sweet, and a fabulous speaker.

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