I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles.
From Clint Eastwood
The stronger the participation of the female characters, the better the movie. They knew that in the old days, when women stars were equally as important as men.
Just try not to ingest a lot of fats, and just try to eat carefully.
In 'Gran Torino,' I play a guy who's racially offensive. But he learned. It shows that you're never too old to learn and embrace people that you don't understand to begin with. It seems like nobody else got that message, I guess.
God gave you a brain. Do the best you can with it. And you don't have to be Einstein, but Einstein was mentally tough. He believed what he believed. And he worked out things. And he argued with people who disagreed with him. But I'm sure he didn't call everybody jerks.
If you're really satisfied with your position on something, you just say, 'Hey;' you just very calmly present something.
Actors know, with me they aren't going to be allowed to rehearse a scene for a couple of hours and then get away with doing 25 takes before we get it right. So they come with their full bag of tricks.
My grandfather lived to be late 90s on one side and on the other side, 70s or something. And my father died young, at 63. But he didn't take very good care of himself.
Drama usually has some sort of intense conflict.
It's much more fun to play something you're nothing like than what you are... It's much easier to hide yourself in a character.
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