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I think there's a down-to-earthness with Midwesterners and with people from the Midlands - which is where my family is from - in Ireland.

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Think, I Think, Which, Ireland

I'd wear clogs, short pants and ladies' bracelets. I created this aura for myself.

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Myself, Pants, Created, Ladies

Really, most of us just focus on what's in front of us. We're too busy putting out the fires of everyday life.

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Focus, Putting, Really, Fires

I would love, more than anything, to do an out-and-out farce with huge physical energy. Just because you're from the minimalist school, it doesn't mean you can't go big.

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Love, Big, More, Farce

Some actors actually think about what they're going to talk about during the interview - they read up and meditate and plan quotes and get all inspired. It's very smart, but it's so planned. I never think to do that.

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Some, Very, About, Interview

I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved.

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Think, New, Always, Nomad

You should learn to be happy with what you have. Besides, the fact that I'm not a huge star has allowed me to pick and choose the roles I want to do, not the ones some person sitting in a studio office thinks I should do.

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Fact, Some, Studio, Huge Star

I'm not particularly a career-oriented guy. I'm lucky. I can make really interesting films much of the time with interesting people yet be anonymous, have a private life. But, I'd like to have the choice of the better roles.

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Lucky, Private, Roles, Anonymous

Money is just something to be circulated.

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Money, Something, Just, Just Something

I'd sneak out of the house to meet girls at 3:30 a.m.

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House, Meet, Out, Sneak

Life is hard for everyone. That's why there's such a nice reward at the end of it.

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Reward, Why, Everyone, Life Is Hard

I'm not a city kind of guy. I'm happiest when I'm tromping through the woods. That's why I don't live in Los Angeles. Being physically away from Hollywood probably loses me a few jobs, but the best ones seek me out.

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Through, Hollywood, Away, Los Angeles

I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn't something that I find comfortable.

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Sometimes, Like, Level, Restaurants

I loved working with Meryl Streep twice and I've gotten to work with my friend Liam Neeson on several occasions.

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Work, Meryl, Gotten, Occasions

Genetics play a huge part in who we are. But we also have free will.

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Play, Will, Genetics, Huge

Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.

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Me, Famous, Celebrity, Seek

My thing about looking good is that it should be the character. If I'm playing a character who's concerned about his body - an athlete, say - I'll get in shape. If I'm playing a character who doesn't or wouldn't, I don't. I almost never get in shape for a movie, even though I know it would be a good career move.

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Career, Movie, Concerned, Athlete

I had to bring myself back down to being a normal person again.

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Myself, Person, Normal, Normal Person

There will come a day when the phone doesn't ring as much as it used to.

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Will, Phone, Come, Ring

I mean, I've been stupid in the past, and I've learned from that.

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In The Past, Been, Learned, Stupid

I can't control how people are going to react. I try not to worry about what I can't control.

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Worry, How, Going, React

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