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I think it was Laurence Olivier who said that one of the things you have to accept in art is that when you put your heart into doing something there will be people who don't like it for really good reasons, really smart people who don't like what you've done for very valid reasons. That is hard to accept, that there are really valid reasons for not liking anything. The astonishing thing is that there haven't been many valid reasons for anyone not to like this movie.

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Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

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No matter how well you perform there's always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it's lousy.

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I take a simple view of life: keep your eyes open and get on with it.

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Don't waste your time striving for perfection, instead, strive for excellence -- doing your best.

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I have to act to live.

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