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I don’t mind looking like I need a good wash and a good meal... Any actor who starts taking ‘sex symbol’ seriously or thinks of themselves as a sex symbol has got some serious problems.

Clive Owen

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Clive Owen
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: October 3
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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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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 am a big soccer fan, and a very big Liverpool fan.
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I do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months.
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I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.
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I'm not the kind of actor who goes into exhaustive research for each role.
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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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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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It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.
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I never aspired to be anything. What I've done is beyond my wildest.
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Good dialogue is very important.
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I think anybody who bets on horses and says they win is probably a liar.
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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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Very often when you see families it's all perfect and neat, and parenting isn't like that. You do have constant negotiations. Things are ever developing and ever changing, and you constantly have to evaluate how you deal with your kids.
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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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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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Very often on films, even without a producer credit, I'll be involved, very early on. I want to be there as the thing is taking shape.
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I've got actor friends who didn't get breaks, who struggle and worry about things that I'm fortunate not to have to worry about.
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