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I'm just constantly trying to renew and give myself new challenges and push myself to uncomfortable places, trying to get better.

Clive Owen

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Clive Owen
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: October 3
Actor
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Coventry
England
UK
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Renew
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Uncomfortable
Constantly

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I believe that we live in a time of fractured families where maybe fathers aren't getting enough time to see their kids because life's complications and hardships get in the way of those things.
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You see these actresses who have had Botox or something else done, and it takes you out of the film.
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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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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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Obviously, I'm attracted to heavier movies.
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Acting is all about likability.
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No matter who the character is and how big their role, that each person in the story is a human being and deserves respect. Even if they're in the story for ten seconds, I didn't want you to just see them as this entity passing through that's serving all of the other people.
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I was not a very fearful kid, really.
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Kids before they're 7 or 8 are like little manic obsessives. They become completely hooked on things and they're slightly crazy.
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Something I don't like seeing in other people is naked ambition, when somebody is really pushing hard to get to where they want to be. That's the way I look at that word - like you must be stepping on someone to get there. And I've never been comfortable with that.
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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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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 actually really love working with young actors because they're so responsive and instinctive, and it's a much less honed craft that they're employing.
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The theater's a live thing, and film is, to some extent, a discipline where you're putting everything together and trying to execute something exactly. You do it away from people and then you present it at the end.
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I dread karaoke. I hate karaoke. I can't sing - that is why.
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Action scenes are not that different from other scenes.
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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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Movies are certainly a director's medium, so getting the opportunity to work with really good directors is everything to me.
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I never aspired to be anything. What I've done is beyond my wildest.
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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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