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• I do get bottled up in interviews. You're thinking about what you're saying, and suddenly you get all tangled. So people think I'm sullen, or that I don't have much to say. But my friends will tell you: a lot of times I talk too much.

  Matt Dillon

  Thinking, People, Tangled

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• Racism was just a tool to deal with frustration and pain and that people are in denial about the way we feel and desperately trying to control their environment the way their lives are. And ultimately their scapegoats aren't going to make them feel better, it's just going to increase hatred and the problem gets worse and worse.

  Matt Dillon

  Pain, Feel Better, Frustration

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• As an actor, you can't be off the market for too long.

  Matt Dillon

  Long, Actors

  "A seldom used welcome Matt". Justine Elias, The Gold Coast Bulletin, April 26, 2003.

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• It was being young and sensitive and an actor. There was a lot of pressure, everything was a hurdle.

  Matt Dillon

  Actors, Pressure, Sensitive

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• I like to do comedy, but I'll be perfectly honest, I prefer to do drama and more character-driven-based stuff, generally.

  Matt Dillon

  Drama, Character, Stuff

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• Of course, if you're gonna make movies, you gotta make movies, and I'm not gonna say no to a good role.

  Matt Dillon

  Roles, Courses, Ifs

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• I don't worry about whether a character is likable, as long as the character is believable.

  Matt Dillon

  Character, Long, Worry

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I grew up with the white picket fence. My dad went to work nine to five, and he had a station wagon.

  Matt Dillon

  Dad, White, Wagons

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• It's important to air your concerns and fears with someone you trust. When you're honest about how you can change and grow, and where your weaknesses are, then you open the door for improvement and change.

  Matt Dillon

  Air, Doors, Important

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• I'm not the greatest boyfriend, but I'm not a creep. It's more like I'm... absent-minded.

  Matt Dillon

  Creeps, Absent Minded, Absent

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• I think anytime you can do something you haven't seen or done in a film before, it's always a great day as an actor.

  Matt Dillon

  Thinking, Great Day, Actors

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• It's really nice to be able to do something that you've never done. I think that's the gift of being an actor because I get to play a cop, a racist cop and I've never done that before. It's nice to inhabit these other worlds especially when you get to work with great actors.

  Matt Dillon

  Nice, Thinking, Other Worlds

  "Matt Dillon and Thandie Newton talk Crash". MovieWeb Interview, movieweb.com. May 5, 2005.

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• The great, rewarding thing about directing is that you're overseeing the whole thing. When you're an actor, you're just one department.

  Matt Dillon

  Actors, Overseeing, Whole

  "Matt Dillon takes charge on 'City' - He got to know Cambodia to direct first film". Ruthe Stein and Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle, May 4, 2003.

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• One of the things I've learned over the years is that you only do what you can do as an actor. You do the best job you can, but you have no control over so many elements that are going to determine the outcome of that film. I never pay attention to what happens after.

  Matt Dillon

  Attention, Film, Pay Attention

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• It's a pretty good job being an actor, but it's work sometimes. And when I say work, I mean it's a job.

  Matt Dillon

  Mean, Sometimes, Good Job

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• Acting is very competitive. There are few good scripts out there and the ones that are good are very competitive. You look at your options and often times they're not too appealing.

  Matt Dillon

  Acting, Looks, Scripts

  "Dillon's new direction". Hillary Jackson, The Gold Coast Bulletin, April 7, 2001.

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• I look for really great characters. I say great because as long as they're really good, there's something you can do. And really good storytelling. And when people ask me what the story is, I say it's really several stories really. They're intermeshed.

  Matt Dillon

  Character, Long, People

  "Matt Dillon and Thandie Newton talk Crash". MovieWeb Interview, movieweb.com. May 5, 2005.

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• My driving, I've been accused of not being the best, most safest driver.

  Matt Dillon

  Driving, Being The Best, Accused

  "Matt Dillon Talks You, Me and Dupree". MovieWeb Interview, movieweb.com. July 13, 2006.

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• I had acting teachers, and one of the things that was encouraged was to keep it fresh, to be spontaneous. That's the magic of film often.

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  Teacher, Magic, Acting

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• I don't like movies where everything happens fast. I like the buildup, the obstacles, the mystery.

  Matt Dillon

  Obstacles, Mystery, Happens

  "Dillon's Cambodia Vacation Pays Off - Actor Turns Director to Tell a Story of Beauty With an Air of Mystery". Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press, May 28, 2003.

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• I have always wanted to play different kinds of stuff, but it's hard, first to find good material, and then to change people's perception of you so they'll let you do it. I mean, I would really like to play a poet, but once they get this notion of you as a street guy, it's hard to change that.

  Matt Dillon

  Mean, Play, People

  "Matter of Maturation? - Actor Swapping Rebellion for Responsibility in Recent Roles". Dayton Daily News, October 01, 1995.

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• I like conflict, drama's conflict and if you don't have that in the character it's really not a worthwhile role to play for me.

  Matt Dillon

  Drama, Character, Play

  "Matt Dillon Has a Few Drinks in Factotum". Interview with Julian Roman, movieweb.com. August 15, 2006.

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• I think a lot of directors, they come out of film school, they don't know anything about acting. Or they're writers that don't know anything about the process. And I think they're afraid sometimes to talk to actors and be honest with actors.

  Matt Dillon

  School, Thinking, Acting

  "Redefining Himself, On and Off-Camera". The Knoxville News-Sentinel, June 01, 1997.

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• The growing pains of being an actor, that was a little frustrating at times because you feel like you have great capacity to do many things. And yet there seems to be a misunderstanding about who you are and what you're trying to do. And that requires patience, and people eventually will understand.

  Matt Dillon

  Pain, People, Trying

  "Dillon Bucks Wayward-Youth Roles". The Arizona Republic, June 24, 2005.

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• I don't consider myself a Hollywood liberal, but I have my convictions and my beliefs.

  Matt Dillon

  Hollywood, Belief, Conviction

  "Matt Dillon Documents Sudanese Struggles". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. December 29, 2009.

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