What you desire, as an actor, is to have an impact. That's why you did it. You want to move people, and you want to resonate with your audience. It's always a great compliment to have people appreciate and speak of the characters. I can go anywhere in the world, to places where people don't actually speak English, and people can say, verbatim, what I said on the show as Mr. Eko, which is great. That's fun!

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average human “looks without seeing, listens without hearing, touches without feeling, eats without tasting, moves without physical awareness, inhales without awareness of odour or fragrance, and talks without thinking.

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The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things will happen. What you do is move along, get on with it, and be tough. Not in the sense of being mean to others, but being tough with yourself and making a deadly effort not to be defeated.

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I shall play Scarlett O'Hara.

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Although I cannot move, and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind, I am free.

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The brain is a muscle that can move the world.

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When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

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You have no control over the hand that life deals you, but how you play that hand is entirely up to you. - Voltaire

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I'm known for playing bad guys, so this was an interesting departure from what I'm known to play, which is a softer, more likable, affable character.

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You have no control over the hand that life deals you, but how you play that hand is entirely up to you.

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