I was desperately unhappy with it [Blade Runner]. I was compelled by contract to record five or six different versions of the narration, each of which was found wanting on a storytelling basis. The final version was something that I was completely unhappy with. The movie obviously has a very strong following, but it could have been more than a cult picture.

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'May the Force be with you' is charming but it's not important. What's important is that you become the Force - for yourself and perhaps for other people.

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Work hard and figure out how to be useful and don't try to imitate anybody else's success. Figure out how to do it for yourself with yourself.

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I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up. Most people in this business gave up and went on to other things. If you simply didn't give up, you would outlast the people who came in on the bus with you.

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We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.

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You have to have a darkness...for the dawn to come. You have to have experienced difficulties and challenges to fully appreciate and be grateful for success.

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Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.

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I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up.

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If you're going to define me properly, you must think in terms of my failures as well as my successes.

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I don't want to be a movie star. I want to be in movies that are stars.

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I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didn't want to go to the same place every day and see the same people and do the same job. I wanted interesting challenges.

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You keep on going until you get it as close to being right as the time and patience of others will allow.

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You have to have the darkness for the dawn to come.

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I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a fantasy.

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To me, success is choice and opportunity.

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I don't think I've mastered anything. I'm still wrestling with the same frustrations, the same issues, the same problems as I always did. That's what life is like.

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Acting is not about competing. Acting is about cooperating. Acting is about collaboration. It's about your utility, your usefulness, your capacity to add to the work that has already been done and will be done. You're just part of a team. I never feel competitive about acting.

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You may get real tired watching me, but I'm not going to quit.

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Behind every great man is a woman. Telling him he's not so hot.

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I never feel sexy. I have a distant relationship with the mirror.

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If you're asking me to acknowledge that I've gotten older, I can do that.

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