American - Actor | February 18, 1964 -
What's really great about Buddhism is its rational, informal quality. Coming from my experience of growing up a Catholic, I found Buddhism to be refreshingly easygoing and forgiving.
Matt Dillon
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I think anytime you can do something you haven't seen or done in a film before, it's always a great day as an actor.
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We get caught up in all the stress - 'Got to do this, is this the right thing for me to do?' - but what about the thing you want to do? That's what'll keep you young. It's empowering, not becoming a prisoner of some other person's idea of what you should be.
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I do get bottled up in interviews. You're thinking about what you're saying, and suddenly you get all tangled. So people think I'm sullen, or that I don't have much to say. But my friends will tell you: a lot of times I talk too much.
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I'm not the greatest boyfriend, but I'm not a creep. It's more like I'm... absent-minded.
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I don't like to give out advice. I make suggestions when I get to know somebody a little bit, but I don't know about advice.
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Love is messy. It's not something that's real clean.
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Actors don't generally go asking other actors for advice too much, but I'll take suggestions wherever I can.
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Directing myself definitely made me a better actor. And, you know, I think actors have the best track record when they turn to directing. Writers, too. I knew how to direct actors because I've been there and I know what I like.
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One thing that everybody told me about directing was, 'Never compromise'. And the whole job is a compromise. So it's very paradoxical. How do you not compromise when the whole thing is about compromise?
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When I started out as an actor I knew very little, which was probably a good thing. I was totally open. You don't judge yourself, you do it.
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I don't consider myself a Hollywood liberal, but I have my convictions and my beliefs.
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