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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 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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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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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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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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The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe.
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One of the views of the [actor's] job is that whatever age you are, there's a role that's about who you are and where you are. There are parts for that age that you can bring things to.
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I do wear suits all the time.
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I would never give anybody any advice about anything.
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Ultimately, to have a career in movies, to a certain extent, certainly in England, you can't sustain a career in just English movies.
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Good dialogue is very important.
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It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.
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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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A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors.
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Outside of being home with my family, I prefer a crowd.
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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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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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There's certainly a huge element of luck in me ending up where I've ended up.
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Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.
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Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.
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I had to ride a horse once. In 'King Arthur.' I said I could ride, but I had to call for lessons on the day the deal was signed. I started out on this little chunky thing and slowly moved up. It was months of work.
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