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It was either therapy or die.

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I did think for many, many years that because of my ability I could beat the system. And I was wrong.

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What I've got to do now is let them judge me for who I am as an actor and not for my notoriety.

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I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on over the camera. And I can usually nail my lines on the first or second take because I'm right there.

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It was the most fun I've ever had on a movie. It was one of the happiest times in my life. I was living in New York, and I really enjoyed acting at the time. Also, it's funny because that was also the time when I went downhill.

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I started to shortcircuit because I had high aspirations for the film. I never told anybody that.

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I had some things I had to fix. It took me 14 years to do it. But it was never really fun back in the day to work with directors who were a lot older and were like authoritarian and talking to you like that.

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All that prosthetic makeup drains you. By the time it's lunch, you're done.

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I had a lot of anger inside me and that came out at times that were not particularly advantageous to me career-wise.

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I never look backwards. I have always been an athlete. I boxed before I acted.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: September 16th, 1956

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