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I like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.
Clive Owen
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Clive Owen
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: October 3
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I certainly am not a great believer in over-rehearsing between actors, and certainly not doing the dialogue too much.
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It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.
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I can honestly say I've never chosen a film because where it's shot is convenient.
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I was at the birth of my two girls.
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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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I'm a huge fan of 'The Exorcist.'
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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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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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America's been very, very good to me. I've been very lucky and worked a lot there, and appreciate and love the work that I've done.
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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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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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Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.
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The thing about Hemingway that people forget is that all the stuff he did was at a time where people weren't traveling that much. At 19 he travels to Italy. He goes to the Spanish Civil War. He goes to China, he goes to Africa so at that time to travel that much is really incredible.
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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 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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I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.
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I was not a very fearful kid, really.
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I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.
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