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Sometimes a scene works and acting is the easiest thing in the world and you don't have to do much of anything - just enjoy yourself and listen to the other actor. When it doesn't work, then every actor has different ways of dealing with the impasse. Sometimes you use memories from the past. Whatever. It depends from job to job.

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The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.

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I'd like to, when it's all said and done, say that I have at least a few stories that I feel proud of.

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'The Road' was a movie that has a good reputation, even though it wasn't released very well, but that's a movie I'm very proud of.

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Like most people - unless they're very practised at it or have no warm blood at all in their veins - I feel a little apprehensive about the red carpet. It's always a bit bewildering when people are taking pictures and asking questions before the ceremony.

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This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in the story, I'll fill in the blanks.

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When I heard Puerto Ricans in New York City, it sounded very strange. And the first time I heard someone from Spain, I thought they had a speech impediment!

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I don't have a BlackBerry or whatever you call it. And there is something to be said for being isolated and out of phone range, because you can fall into a habit to such a degree that you don't even realise that you've lost something: silence.

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You can't really go back to where you came from. I don't think any of us can.

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When I was a little boy, I rode, but I didn't own horses.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: October 20th, 1958

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