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What I learned as an actor was the only way you could really do August Wilson's work, you had to leave an ounce of your essence on that stage,... Otherwise it was impossible.

I've always said I've wanted to be around forever. I never wanted to be the latest, greatest thing. I want to be like Willie Nelson - touring when I'm 70. To do that, you can't be the latest, greatest thing because those things fizzle out.

I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone.

I'm going to be me, regardless of anything.

I'll never be Jennifer Lawrence or Tom Cruise, someone who can hold a movie and then be charming and charismatic doing promotion. I haven't got what they've got. But at least I'm now comfortable just being myself.

I can't be anybody but myself.

I've never wanted to be anyone other than who I am.

I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.

I'll never forget one time a fan came up to me crying, and told me, 'You really inspire me to be me. I feel OK to be myself now.'

August brings into sharp focus and a furious boil everything I've been listening to in the late spring and summer.