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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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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 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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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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You're always dealing with emotions as an actor.
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Rudeness can make me angry.
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I can honestly say I've never chosen a film because where it's shot is convenient.
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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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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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Obviously, I'm attracted to heavier movies.
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I want to go anywhere and everywhere and explore as much as I can.
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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 don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.
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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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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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Acting is all about likability.
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Outside of being home with my family, I prefer a crowd.
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I would never give anybody any advice about anything.
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I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it.
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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 feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.
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