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I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.

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Clive Owen
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: October 3
Actor
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I'm a huge fan of 'The Exorcist.'
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Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world.
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I was at the birth of my two girls.
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It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.
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Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.
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I am a big soccer fan, and a very big Liverpool fan.
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