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Donald Sutherland

Donald McNichol Sutherland, OC (born 17 July 1935) is a Canadian actor whose film career spans more than five decades.

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To them though, not to us, we were just a catalyst for their imagination.

Catalyst, Imagination, Though

I had a kind of meandering little career, and then I was given a chance to play one of the bottom six in The Dirty Dozen.

Careers, Dirty, Kind, Meandering, Play, Six

I think we're [me and my son] different. He plans, organizes and intellectualizes more than I do. It wasn't until I worked with Federico Fellini that I understood what my problem was.

Different, Intellectualizes, Problem, Son, Think, Thinking

I have no idea. I get involved because I think there's value in the project and because I love the character that is presented to me. I love the opportunity to examine a character, and to have him examine me, live inside me and move my hands. I love that. It's irresistible. It's a drug.

Character, Examine, Hands, Moving, Opportunity, Value

Fundamentally, people are suckers for the truth.

Fundamentally, People, Reality, Suckers, Truth

I would look a little silly playing Casanova now.

Casanova, Look, Looks, Silly, Stupid

One measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.

Experts, Measurement, Opinion, Opinions, Worth

I am so glad my wife tolerates me. And we have three wonderful sons.

Son, Three, Tolerates, Wife, Wonderful

I thought, "Oh, my god, that's what happens every time I talk with a journalist in the middle of shooting and I talk about my character. I describe him, I objectify him, and I kill him. " So, I've never spoken with a journalist in the middle of a film. I don't do the EPK until the very end of a film. I can't talk about Kiefer's process, but what he brings to the table is beautiful.

Beautiful, Brings, Character, Shooting, Table

We don't have that much time left to do it. I'm 80. I wanted to be Walter Huston to his John Huston. I wanted him to direct me, not in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, but something. We'll see. We can't predict anything.

Direct, Left, See, Time Left, Treasure, Wanted

Not too much, though there's a certain amount of rancour and bitterness when someone tries to fire you.

Amount, Fire, Rancour, Though, Too Much, Trying

I come from Nova Scotia, and I'd never seen a theater or been inside of a theater. When I was 17, my dad asked me what I wanted to do, and I said I thought I would like to be an actor. I didn't have any idea what it was to be an actor. None. I'd wanted to be either an actor or a sculptor, which are both essentially the same thing. That's how it all started for me.

Actors, Dad, Ideas, Like, Nova, Said

I have been able to play a lot of guys and they have kept me working.

Able, Guy, Guys, Play, Working

But even with no money you could still go to places like the Scotch Club and, you know, John Lennon might be sitting right over there, but I was certainly not a part of any of that circle. I was truly peripheral.

Circles, Club, John, Part, Scotch, Sitting

It's a very serious endeavor for me [to play in the same movie with my son]. It's not for a lot of people. It was a wonderful job. I've wanted to do it since I can remember.

Job, Jobs, People, Play, Son, Wonderful

I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting.

Acting, Cynicism, Think, Thinking

No, I'm not rich. I had a tax problem in this country, curiously enough, and my accountant said the British government was patently wrong in taxing me, and they were, but we couldn't persuade them and it cost me everything I had.

Cost, Country, Enough, Everything, Government, Taxing

When I do a film, the days before or the night before, I throw up. Sometimes it's just in my mouth and I swallow it back, but sometimes it's real. Whatever it is, it's hard. I don't do the first five or ten minutes of my character's appearance in a movie until the middle of the shooting schedule because I don't want him to be defined by my nervousness. So, we do the middle of the picture first.

Character, Film, Middle, Night, Real, Schedule

Everything was my fault. I was so dumb. But if I hadn't made the mistakes I made, I wouldn't have met the wonderful woman I've been married to for over 30 years, so I guess that makes the mistakes OK.

Dumb, Fault, Mistake, Mistakes, Wonderful, Years

If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates? Oh, you know something? I'm so far away from believing that it exists, and the only thing I know are jokes about it.

Believe, Far Away, God, Heaven, Say, Thing

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