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Acting is a total physical, emotional sensation.

I do not want to act unless I have a a great intimacy with the people I'm working with.

It's a blessing and a curse. But it's not always the best situation to be in. As a profession, I don't recommend acting at all.

I've got the best deal on Earth. Where else can I sin and know that I'm forgiven for it?

I've worked for 27 years nonstop in theater and films. That's a lot of work.

Literature is air, and I'm suffocating in mediocrity.

My dream as a youngster was to be like Olivier. To be a great stage actor. To be a great Shakespearean actor. To me that is the Olympics of acting.

I never pursued Hollywood banging my drum, because I was never in a film big enough to do that.

Armand Assante