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Freeloaders with a sense of entitlement.
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Lying. Let’s not call it “untruthful.” Or “factually inaccurate.” I don’t even call it bullshit, because I like bulls. And bulls need to shit. So you can’t hold that against them. Let’s call it what it is: lying.
Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2025 source ↗
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Interrupting or talking over people. As a stammerer, I am particularly alert to this.
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Picking their nose and eating it.
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My wife – for her intelligence, talent, ability to survive this business and be such a fantastic mother to our two kids. (Of course, I have to say that, because she’s sitting right here.)
I can’t stand the way my voice will crack if I’m making a speech. I hate public speaking and the emotion it dredges up.
A family dinner. Candlelight. Lots of laughs.
They want nothing but friendship.
Before I knew what being an actor was, I wanted to be one.
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