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For the first time in 23 years I'm enjoying the process of supporting it, of going out and doing shows, and doing the interviews, and doing everything.

Doing Enjoying Everything First
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My record label is treating me like I'm a new artist, which is exciting after all this time.
After Artist Exciting Label
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If the work is good, what does it matter? I'm doing it because I love it. Why not do as many things I love as I can? As long as the work is good.

Because Does Doing Good
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I'm starting to teach now: I teach in the graduate film program at NYU and next year I'm going to be teaching at Los Angeles at the film program and English program at UCLA.

Angeles English Film Going
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One of the things I've learned as a filmmaker is to have some aspect of the movie be something that I admire greatly, whether that's an actor I'm working with, the subject matter, or a book.

Actor Admire Aspect Book
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If I'm working on a film, I'll do sit-ups for before I shoot. Like, 100 in the morning or something.

Before Film Like Morning
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I'm a big cardigan sweater guy.
Big Guy Sweater Cardigan
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I'm a huge Cormac McCarthy fan and have read every book of his.
Book Every Fan His
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The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.

Criticism Down Driven Highest
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If I don't get the goose-bump factor when I'm reading it than I can't do it.
Factor Get Reading Than
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People accuse me of being arrogant all the time. I'm not arrogant, I'm focused.

Accuse Arrogant Being Focused
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Reality is, I'm an actor and an entertainer, and I really wouldn't know what to do with another profession.
Actor Another Entertainer Know
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I'm destined to be attracted to those I cannot defeat.

Attracted Cannot Defeat Destined
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I'm going to try to not let anyone put me in a box, and that certainly applies to the things I do outside of acting.

Acting Anyone Box Certainly
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When I sign on for a project, I'm there to give the director all the material he or she might need to tell their story, and that's the number one priority.

Director Give He He Or She
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I'm sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do try to help. But there's a lot that can be achieved by putting a check in the right place and shutting up about it.

About Achieved Cause Celebrity
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I'm a virtuoso in my job in that there's not an actor I can't go into a scene with and be absolutely confident that, whatever is required of my character, I can do it.

Absolutely Actor Character Confident
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I've got bits falling off me. I'm not made of rubber. That's from film stunts. Every single injury I have is related to a movie. I know that sounds fundamentally embarrassing.

Bits Embarrassing Every Falling
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I don't really take vacations because when I'm working, it's usually in a far-flung, exotic place somewhere. But I have a farm in Australia I like to go back to when I'm at home and not working.

Australia Back Because Exotic
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I'm quite a competitive person, so I do quite like to win.

Competitive person Win
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If I'm a lush at anything, it's food and drink. I'm not materialistic in any way, but I value food.

Lush Drink Materialistic Way
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I'm not a politician. I think that uniquely qualifies me to become president of the U.S.

Become Me Politician President
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I'm enjoying my life, post-menopause, so much. It's just so great to grow into yourself, and not be bothered with all that tyranny of biology.

Biology Bothered Enjoying Great
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I'm a farmer now, and it's fantastic. My goal is to be totally self-sufficient and grow everything that I eat. There's something about earning your dinner that's cool.

About Cool Dinner Earning
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I never do anything fun, because I'm a housewife. I hate that word 'housewife.' I prefer to be called 'domestic goddess.'

Anything Because Domestic Fun
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People don't realize you're blowing over changes, time changes, harmony, different keys. I mark a point in my solo where it's got to peak at point D I go to A, B, C D then I'm home.

Blowing Changes Different Go
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I'm not interested in food. It's just fuel.

Food Fuel Interested Just
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As a writer, you have to be near people and hear stuff. I'm a hamburger and cheese kind of fellow; I'm not Henry David Thoreau.

Cheese David Fellow Hamburger
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I'm not one of those who can listen to music and write. I need the door closed. Windows shut. Facing the wall. No birds tweeting, views of nature, and so forth.

Birds Closed Door Facing
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I can't be a creative person if I'm a celebrity.

Celebrity Creative Creative Person Person
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I go through periods listening to specific types of music. Because I'm a musician, listening to music is... it's a bit like work for me. A little bit.

Because Bit Go Like
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I'm trying to get Americans to see that we're all pretty much the same. I believe it; I was taught God doesn't have a color. I want to better the planet a little bit.

American Believe Better Bit
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I know a lot of gay males who I work with that are fantastic people and I love hanging out with them. But because I hang out and bring gay men into my life, does that mean that I'm gay? I promise you that I very much love women.

Because Bring Does Fantastic
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Trust me, if I were gay I'd be getting more action than I'm getting now.

Action Gay Getting Me
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I'm not used to a script.

Script Used
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I'm shy in my personal life.
Life Personal PersonalLife Shy
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Some people meet people in the grocery store, but I get my tomatoes and I'm out.

Get Grocery GroceryStore Meet
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One of my favorite things to cook is fondue. I'm Swiss. It's a great social meal.

Cook Favorite FavoriteThings Great
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I'm obsessed with fresh breath.
Breath Fresh Obsessed
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Fortunately for me, I'm in this unique business of not singing, not dancing, not performing - just kind of being there.

Being BeingThere Business Dancing
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Part of wearing a tee is saying, 'I'm comfortable and casual.'

Casual Comfortable Part Saying
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Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have made a lot of difference to my audience that I'm as bald as a billiard ball!

Audience Bald Ball Difference
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I'm very unstable; there's no stability in a musician's life at all. You live on a bus or on the road hand to mouth and you don't know where your money's coming from.

Bus Coming Hand Know
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If the gig's going really well, I'm incredibly happy on stage and really feel good about my life and things.

About Feel Feel Good Gig
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Photographers and reporters are mostly after me. They want to know what I read and what I'm like and I don't really know myself, so how can I tell them?

After How Know Like
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I think it surprises a lot of people that I'm still around, you know, still - that I'm not pushing up daisies, as they say.

Around I Think Know Lot
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I'm trying to look at my blessings and how amazingly well against all odds things have turned out for me.

Against Amazingly Blessings How
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I'm glad that I still have the ability to tour in Europe. I do love it.

Ability Europe Glad Love
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I'm looking forward to being able to retire from being a public figure and being able to afford to be myself!

Able Afford Being Figure
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You know what? I never really factor Hollywood into anything. I'm a black actor, so I can't really control what Hollywood thinks. I gotta go do my thing, and my jokes have got to be funny. Whatever I do has got to be great.

Actor Anything Black Control
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