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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.
Clive Owen
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Clive Owen
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: October 3
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For an actor, it's very important to get a clear idea of what a director wants, and their intention for what they want to get out of a scene and how they want to shoot it. Having that knowledge is really valuable, for an actor. It means you can deliver more.
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I do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months.
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I don't like it when people are trying too hard. That goes for clothes, for acting, for everything. It's just not good when it seems like you're making too much of an effort.
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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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The further you run from your sins, the more exhausted you are when they catch up to you.
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There's not a big gun culture in England at all still.
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Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.
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One of the things I love, more than anything, is jumping around and playing lots of different parts. I love the variety of playing different characters.
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After writing a page, Hemingway would let it float to the ground. He never crumpled pages - he believed that if you crumpled them, you'd be insane in a year.
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I find sometimes that if you do too many takes, it starts to become meaningless to me. It is hard to sustain it for me. I don't want to do too many.
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I want to go anywhere and everywhere and explore as much as I can.
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I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it.
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Acting is all about likability.
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I never really look at life and worry about missed opportunities.
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I always want my options to be open.
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Sometimes you find your destiny on the road you took to avoid it.
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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 was not a very fearful kid, really.
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Death frees the beast.
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