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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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Film Actor
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Coventry
England
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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 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 treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.
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I would never give anybody any advice about anything.
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I think there is a lot of overexplaining both in writing and acting. People don't need to be hit on the head.
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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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It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.
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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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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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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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There's not a big gun culture in England at all still.
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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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I was very keen on playing a victim.
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I'm a huge fan of 'The Exorcist.'
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Rudeness can make me angry.
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One of the things I love, more than anything, is jumping around and playing lots of different parts. I love the variety of playing different characters.
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I was at the birth of my two girls.
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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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