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It's what's in *yourself* that makes you happy or unhappy.

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I've never known what I've wanted to do. I've never planned anything in my life.

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Nudes are the greatest to paint. Everything you can find in a landscape or a still life or anything else is there: darkness and light, character dimension, texture. I painted heads too, of course.

Character, Darkness, Dimension, Light, Paint

Films don't take as long as people think. 'Harry Potter,' people always used to say, 'Well, my God, do you ever get any time to yourself?' I think I did, in 'Harry Potter,' over a 12 year period I did five days. So it's not exactly exhausting.

Long, Period, Thinking, Time, Used, Years

There is always a better choice that you were unable to quite touch with a single stroke. Even in acting, there comes a point, like a painting, where you have to say, "That's it. I can't go any further with it. " And sometimes, you say, "I'm really pleased that that's where it's finished up. " Other times, you think, "I don't think I really quite got there, but I haven't got time to go any further. " Rather reluctantly, you have to say "That's it. "

Acting, Choices, Like, Say, Thinking, Time

Very, very broadly speaking, you can put directors into two areas: One for whom you work, and the other with whom you work. And I prefer the latter, for obvious reasons. It's a great relief to feel that you're working with someone rather than for someone. You don't feel that you're being tested, as it were.

Latter, Obvious, Prefer, Reason, Relief, Working

When you're really working well with a director then you can be as outrageous as you like and so can he. And there's no worry about it.

Director, Directors, Like, No Worries, Worry
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