I think the problem with polemics is that it's general and it's lazy. When you say, "This is … - Tony Goldwyn

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For some it is harder to write a novel than to row a bathtub across the North Atlantic.

Tony Goldwyn

I think the problem with polemics is that it's general and it's lazy. When you say, "This is bad," that's a general thing. We're more interested in asking the question.

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Life is a very emotional experience.

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The more decisions you make, the better, statistically, your odds of success are. And what I also learned was, it doesn't matter: anything can be fixed. When you're directing, you can agonize, but you can't indulge. Stuff has to happen

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If you're playing with the best, you just rise up to that level

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I don't want to do an action movie, because I've acted in them, and they're so boring to do, because they're so technical. The headache of that is daunting. But, if it were an action movie with really interesting characters, how great would that be?

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We want to live in the black and white, but we don't. The world is gray. And, I'm always fascinated by people who are clearly, 'This is black and this is white, and that's the way life is. ' Life always has something to say about that.

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I come to my solitary woodland walk as the homesick go home.

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I see myself as a private-equity investor that helps rebuild companies. Restructuring is a cottage industry in that there aren't that many serious practitioners.

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