It's really nice to be able to do something that you've never done. I think that's the gift … - Matt Dillon

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You are not here to fritter away your precious hours when you have the ability to accomplish so much by making a slight change in your routine.

Matt Dillon

It's really nice to be able to do something that you've never done. I think that's the gift of being an actor because I get to play a cop, a racist cop and I've never done that before. It's nice to inhabit these other worlds especially when you get to work with great actors.

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I think a lot of directors, they come out of film school, they don't know anything about acting. Or they're writers that don't know anything about the process. And I think they're afraid sometimes to talk to actors and be honest with actors.

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I know this sounds kind of crazy, but I think we're all actors.

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I only hear my own voice. When you start hearing other voices, then it's time to worry.

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One of my greatest fears is not being able to change, to be caught in a never-ending cycle of sameness. Growth is so important.

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I think we're all actors. There's this friend of mine who's a great drummer, and he said, "I never thought I'd be a drummer, but I got really good at it. I always feel like I'm an actor playing the drums. " His real calling was that he was going to be a magician. That's what he felt like he wanted to do. If you decide to act like a journalist, you'll probably be a better journalist than just being a journalist. What you're doing is, you're taking the executive role and stepping outside yourself so that you're able to make more objective decisions.

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