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Our bad memories and our bad experiences are what make us who we are and what make us grow and allow us to learn, if we choose to see the lessons in those experiences.

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Elijah Wood
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 28
Actor
Film Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Elijah Jordan Wood
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I credit my mom Debbie for creating a solid family base, ... She gave me a strong sense of reality so I could avoid falling into the normal pitfalls of child actors.
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I never wanted to be in a band because I love music too much to mess it up.
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You've got major artists releasing albums on their own and eschewing the major system. I think that breeds excitement and creativity.
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[Sundance] still feels like an incredible place for championing emerging voices and art.
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The worst kind of lying I've ever done is keeping things from people.
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It was so clear from the beginning - what [Macon Blair] wanted to make [in I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore].
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On a superficial level, I like girls with dark hair - I'm a sucker for that.
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I just got called Nigel.
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I've always had a sense of groundedness as a person. I think that's helped me. My mother sort of beat into me the notion of humility, and I think my focus has always been on the right things or the things that I'm passionate about, which is just simply the work.
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There's a real purity in New Zealand that doesn't exist in the states. It's actually not an easy thing to find in our world anymore. It's a unique place because it is so far away from the rest of the world. There is a sense of isolation and also being protected.
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I watched the Lost series in the US and it's great.
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It feels kind of good to be [on Sundance]. There is a sense of unification and community and voices rising together, and that all feels good.
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Geeks are generally the most interesting people.
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A solid base for any comedy is just honesty and truth, and it coming from a real place. As surreal as this show gets and is, ultimately, we're dealing with a character that most can't see the way that I can see it.
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The prospect of being able to work on a Kaufman film with him directing was just too good to be true.
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I definitely felt the pressure I wanted to live up to all of the expectations.
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When I work, I disappear into work, which I like to do, and sometimes I don't really have a choice. It's not a conscious thing. It's just total devotion to what I'm doing.
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[Sundance is] giving people a chance - many first-time filmmakers. It carries that weight - if you bring something here, people connect with it and it can launch a career.
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[Sundance] still feels significant. I don't think you can help but come here and not feel that sense of history and its significance in influencing film. And I think it still does. Some of that is based on history, but it's also based on really incredible programmers who are showcasing such an incredible variety of cinema.
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I actually got a crush on Anne Heche when I worked with her on Huckleberry Finn. It didn't work out.
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