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Harry Dean Stanton

Harry Dean Stanton

American Actor

Born: Jul 14, 1926

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I like to do nothing. Harry Dean Stanton

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I change every day. I'm still changing. Harry Dean Stanton

Day Change Every Day Every Changing Still

For a musician to be good, he has to have humanity and care about the other guy. And as for blues - in a sense, black people have kept this country alive and given us our entire musical heritage. Harry Dean Stanton

Study up on the Eastern religions. They're the only ones that are realistic. There's no answer, see. Harry Dean Stanton

Realistic Eastern Religions See Only Study Answer Up

'Alien?' Oh, yeah. I still get fanmail almost every week, pictures from all over the world on that movie. That's one of the most popular films I've done. Harry Dean Stanton

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My feeling or philosophy is closer to Taoism and Zen Buddhism, 'cause it's the most practical. Harry Dean Stanton

Cause Feeling Philosophy Buddhism Most Practical Closer Zen

All organized religions are basically the same. Harry Dean Stanton

Religions Same Organized Basically

I grew up Southern Baptist. In the Bible Belt. Harry Dean Stanton

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Sam Shepard is a brilliant writer. Harry Dean Stanton

Brilliant Writer Sam

I never liked being ordered around - which, of course, was an overreaction. I eventually found out that I didn't mind being ordered around at all when it was by someone who knew what he was doing. Harry Dean Stanton

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The soul is an illusion. Harry Dean Stanton

Soul Illusion

My favorite films are 'Paris, Texas' and 'Repo Man.' Harry Dean Stanton

Man Films Favorite Favorite Films Paris Texas

A friend is somebody who doesn't lie. Harry Dean Stanton

Lie Somebody Friend Who

I have nothing to do with anything that happens to me. Harry Dean Stanton

Me Nothing Anything Happens

I would've preferred to blossom earlier in life. Harry Dean Stanton

Life Blossom Preferred Earlier

The most terrifying thing for most everybody in the whole Western World is to take responsibility for your own life and to experience real freedom. Harry Dean Stanton

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'Paris, Texas' gave me a chance to play compassion, and I'm spelling that with a capital C. Harry Dean Stanton

Me Compassion Gave Spelling Paris Texas Capital Play Chance

To put it mildly, I was just a very late bloomer. Harry Dean Stanton

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I realized early on that if I became an actor, I could play a writer and a sculptor and a painter and be all the things you just don't have time to be in your lifetime. I could get to learn about all of them. Harry Dean Stanton

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I was in a movie called 'Twister,' and in it, I had to hit a golf ball off of a roof with a driving wood. The guy who owned the place where we shot showed me how to do it, and I hit the ball about 150 yards. Harry Dean Stanton

My sister tells me I began singing before I could even talk. My first performance was of a song called 'My Blue Heaven,' which I began singing when I was a year and a half. Harry Dean Stanton

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I don't recall what the first record I bought was, but I definitely remember hearing Creedence's 'Born on the Bayou' and going out and buying it. The guitar and drums in that band were really good. I loved the words to the title track, and Fogerty's voice sounded just great. Harry Dean Stanton

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I think I'm blessed with a pretty tough psyche. Harry Dean Stanton

Tough Blessed Think Pretty Psyche

I just wasn't psychologically made to get married or, God forbid, be a father. Harry Dean Stanton

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