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I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.

Clive Owen

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Clive Owen
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: October 3
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I go off and make movies I come home, and I'm a dad and I hang with my girls.
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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 live in London and I love living in a gun free environment and long may it continue.
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I dread karaoke. I hate karaoke. I can't sing - that is why.
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