Tony Goldwyn
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"Anthony Howard "Tony" Goldwyn" is an American actor and director. He portrayed the villain Carl Bruner in Ghost (1990 film)/Ghost, Colonel Bagley in The Last Samurai, and the voice of the Tarzan/title character of the Disney animated film Tarzan (1999 film)/Tarzan. He stars in the American Broadcasting Company/ABC drama Scandal (TV series)/Scandal, as Fitzgerald Grant III, President of the United States.

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I grew up in Hollywood. Saying my name here is like mentioning Ford in Detroit.

I don't get over the wonder of it, and 'The Last Samurai' was an extreme example of that. Every day when I went to the set, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

The more decisions you make, the better, statistically, your odds of success are. And what I also learned was, it doesn't matter: anything can be fixed. When you're directing, you can agonize, but you can't indulge. Stuff has to happen.

If you're playing with the best, you just rise up to that level.

My parents kept us sheltered from this world of Hollywood. I don't have any great memories of bouncing on Cary Grant's knee or something like that.

I don't want to do an action movie, because I've acted in them, and they're so boring to do, because they're so technical. The headache of that is daunting. But, if it were an action movie with really interesting characters, how great would that be?

A Walk On the Moon.

I've done a lot of movies other than Ghost. It's amazing. I get sick of it. I mean, I'm grateful for it. But I think it's one of those movies that struck a chord in the consciousness of people and they watch it over and over again. It's weird - I haven't seen the movie in 10 years!

I want to keep doing different things. I'd like to do a more personal, dramatic movie next, I think. But as long as it's about characters and good writing and good parts for actors, that's what's important.