American - Actor | June 1, 1948 -
When I'm out there, it's just me. Nobody's controlling me, and I can do whatever I want to do. I'm my own man.
Powers Boothe
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Sometimes, I feel like directors look at me and say, 'I want to put that boy in the jungle. I want to hurt him.'
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I've always wanted to play a hard-boiled gumshoe, as they say.
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I've had presidents in my lifetime - and I'm old enough to have seen several - that I really detested, but they're still my president. I've had presidents that I've really liked.
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The office of the presidency is what's important, no matter who's in it.
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We all want to pretend that there isn't evil in the world. We all want to pretend that there aren't people trying to take us out and different things like that.
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I've got a family, and I love them, and I want them to have the best opportunities in the best country in the world, and I think we have to fight for it.
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Everyone has this vision of Jones as a maniacal ogre. Wrong. He was charming, sweet, and a fabulous speaker.
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I'm not going to make my living out of beating my head against somebody else.
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You don't do classics with a Texas accent.
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I've auditioned five or six times. I'm not very good at it.
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I come prepared when I come to work. Not just knowing the lines, but I think I know something about what I do.
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