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Acting is all about likability.

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Clive Owen
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: October 3
Actor
Film Actor
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Coventry
England
UK
Acting

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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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The further you run from your sins, the more exhausted you are when they catch up to you.
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It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.
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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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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 like to play characters that are convincing, that aren't just straightforward and nice.
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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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I'd like to do a film which is funny.
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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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I would never give anybody any advice about anything.
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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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The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe.
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I was very keen on playing a victim.
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A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors.
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I'm sort of one of those weird actors who whenever I do a play, I think, Oh, we should film this. As opposed to have to belt it out of ourselves in a theater auditorium.
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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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I guess I'm not that metrosexual. My bathroom cabinet is hardly overflowing with products. I only really have my stuff for shaving. I can't honestly say I moisturise, though I probably should.
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If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It takes time to recalibrate and see what's important.
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Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world.
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I'm a huge fan of 'The Exorcist.'
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