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Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?

I have no self-centeredness or ego about being a movie star.

Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They’re only powerful when you got your back turned.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

I absolutely realize that a celebrity spokesperson is not ideal.

The only reason I’m in Hollywood is that I don’t have the moral courage to refuse the money.

The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times… before I was in the country. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to see if my presence here would push it up or down.

There’s no conversation more boring than talking about what it’s really like to live in Newport and how the show compares to the real thing. I just don’t care.

Isn’t it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?

I just want the money and the fame and the adoration, and I don’t want any of the other stuff.