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As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies. There's always the little guy who's the sidekick to the tall, good-looking guy who gets the girl.

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Back, Line, Part, Long Line

As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies.

- Curtis Armstrong

Silent, Line, Part, Long Line

I'm not a nerd, I play one on TV.

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Play, TV, Nerd

I was going to middle school in Berkley, and I did not fit in at all. Like a lot of kids, I found theater to be a good place for me.

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Middle, Like, Going, Middle School

To be honest, I haven't seen a lot of the current crop of teen movies because there's only so much time and there's nothing that really drives me to do it.

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Teen, Nothing, Seen, So Much Time

For an actor to have a role that they're recognized and remembered for over the years, it's unusual. It's very lucky if it happens once - and it's luck that it's happened to me a couple of times.

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Lucky, Over, Very, Unusual

I like people who try to do big things.

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Big, Like, Things, Big Things

The movies that I did in the '80s were either good or bad, but I never was oppressed with any feeling - I mean, I thought it was ridiculous to play high school or college students when I was 30. But at the same time, that was really done then.

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College, Play, Bad, Oppressed

Without a plan, there's no attack. Without attack, no victory.

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Victory, Plan, Without, Attack

I'm a character actor but unlike a lot of character actors, I don't look radically different from film to film and there was a bunch of them at once.

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Look, Film, Them, Unlike

It was very natural that people just think of me as a comic actor.

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Think, Actor, Very, Comic

In 1984 nobody knew what cable was going to be. It was there, but you didn't know where it was going.

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Know, Going, Knew, Cable

There's something about the way of playing a repellent character, that if you can play him with a certain amount of charm, you can get away with a lot.

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Play, Away, Amount, Charm

I'm at least getting my foot in the door as far as doing straight dramatic parts, which no one would have ever considered me for in the '80s. I never objected to that because I love doing comedy, and I'm not the kind of actor that insists that unless you're doing a serious dramatic role, you're not acting.

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Love, Door, Doing, Foot

I'm not an improv guy.

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Guy, Improv

I try to work and enjoy life, and that's about all.

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Work, Enjoy, About, Try

I tend to not really care for re-makes in general. Mainly they are horrible.

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General, Tend, Really, Horrible

You can do gross-out until the cows come home but if there isn't something to balance it, then it's not going to work at all.

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Work, Going, Come, Cows

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