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Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty.
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In the period where I had to live the life of a citizen - a life where, like everybody else, I did tons of laundry and cleaned toilet bowls, changed hundreds of diapers and nursed children - I learned a lot.
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Americans just don't know what being a movie star's all about.
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In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.
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No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist.
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Everyone thinks of God as a man - you can't help it - Santa Claus was a man, therefore God has to be a man.
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If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer.
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