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People evolve and it's important to not stop evolving just because you've reached 'adulthood.'

I went from being a jock to a hippie. It was a very clear-cut decision. I had to be one or the other. I had to forsake that other aspect of myself. Or thought that I had to, which is regrettable. Quickly, I was back in the pine trees with the hippies, listening to my Jimi Hendrix and my Janis Joplin and turning on, tuning in, and dropping out.

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My understanding, from what I've learned so far about Commissioner Gordon, is that he's the older guy with the mustache who relates with our hero in a certain way.

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I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent and/or funny. That goes across all genres: a horror movie, a zombie movie, alien invaders, chick flick, or raunchy comedy. If it's well done, I'm a fan.

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I was not a giant comic book fan as a kid, but to the extent that I did read comics, Spider-Man was always my favorite guy.

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I never listened to the Grateful Dead as a teen; the only exposure I got was what came through the walls when my sister was listening to them.

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The best complement I ever got from the public or producers or directors is that I just totally blend in and become the character and they don't notice me and that the play happens or the movie happens or the TV show happens.

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I actually have a degree in music and was aware that music was a tool used in therapy. I didn't realize how far it had come since I was in college in the mid-seventies.

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I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

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There's a kind of numbness, a sameness, a lack of motivation in 'good job' culture.

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