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One does not contradict the other.Straight-faced is the basis of all decent comedy.

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Christoph Waltz
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: October 4
Actor
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Film Actor
Film Director
Stage Actor
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Theatrical Director
Vienna
Austria
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I go with the most interesting thing that comes my way,I don't expect it to come from India to tell you the truth, but if it did, fine by me.
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I have always been so interested in film as a medium.
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Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing.
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The villain is usually the most interesting part. But it has to be a smart thing. Just dumb cliché villains with a Russian accent and big muscles and a mean face, I don’t know. My Russian accent isn’t that great, and the muscles aren’t that big and the mean face is not enough. You know what I mean? It gets very boring. Tedious stuff.
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You know, I don't support esoteric approaches to acting.
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My agent is the quickest, sharpest man on earth.
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I think in Europe, movies are made like a commodity and then sold as art.
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What it really is and what I now have experienced is that, people who take enormous pride in what they're doing - not in their person - that their work ethos is as high as nowhere else.That they love their jobs, they love to do their jobs properly as best they can. And coupled with the financial umph, you know, you get decent results.
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What I liked so much while shooting [a movie], I might not like anymore when I see it or vice versa. The two are connected but not on a causal level.
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You can't always do the extraordinary, in between you have to do the ordinary. Because if you didn't, what would constitute the extraordinary?
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For a while, I couldn't decide whether or not I should pursue singing in the opera or acting. And I'm glad that I chose the latter because I wasn't a very good singer.
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Ten flashing lights are a nuisance but 500 are fantastic.
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I'd sort of acquired somewhat more mature perspective on what my career is and I don't...not anymore...consider fame and fortune my career. I'm not a star. I'm an actor. So in a way, what I want to do as an actor, I would consider good for my career. Does that make sense?
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Mine is studying script and being very academic and trying to be important.
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If I jumped into the cliché, everybody will have seen it before. If I stick to my ignorance a little bit, maybe, maybe it will turn out different. Or maybe a slightly new aspect to a comic book villain.
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I have my brain switched on and I might be thinking something else but we've come to an arrangement. That sort of play is maybe easier with someone who also thinks that way. But that is not necessarily a national thing, but maybe a little bit of a cultural thing.
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I don't like to read novelizations of movies.
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You need the villain. If you don't have a villain, the good guy can stay home.
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I don't say things straight into the other person's face. I kind of like to make a joke or a remark and make it digestible or just give a little comment that voices my concern, but is not meant to be a critique, but just a comment so that he understands that I am thinking.
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You're always being cast for what you've been in last.
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