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Sometimes you find your destiny on the road you took to avoid it.

Clive Owen

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Clive Owen
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: October 3
Actor
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Coventry
England
UK
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Road
Destiny
Took
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Sometimes

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The idea of goodies and baddies has always fascinated me, and what people consider to be a goodie or a baddie, because I've never seen any of my characters as baddies.
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Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.
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I was not a very fearful kid, really.
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I'm a huge fan of 'The Exorcist.'
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I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.
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I was at the birth of my two girls.
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If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It takes time to recalibrate and see what's important.
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I think there is a lot of overexplaining both in writing and acting. People don't need to be hit on the head.
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As a teenager I was crazy about David Bowie. He was a huge inspiration for me. I dressed a little bit crazily in school and dyed my hair every colour under the sun.
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No matter who the character is and how big their role, that each person in the story is a human being and deserves respect. Even if they're in the story for ten seconds, I didn't want you to just see them as this entity passing through that's serving all of the other people.
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After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo.
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It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing.
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There's certainly a huge element of luck in me ending up where I've ended up.
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A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors.
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I'm just constantly trying to renew and give myself new challenges and push myself to uncomfortable places, trying to get better.
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I did it for the money. But its not worth much if you cant face yourself in the mirror. Respect is the ultimate currency.
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There's not a big gun culture in England at all still.
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It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.
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