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For me, acting is all about the aesthetic. I just want to keep honing my craft. Not that I'm taking myself too seriously, but every artist should consider himself Picasso. Otherwise, you're doing yourself an injustice.
Giovanni Ribisi
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Giovanni Ribisi
Age: 49
Born: 1974
Born: December 17
Actor
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Film Director
Film Producer
Television Actor
LA
California
Antonino Giovanni Ribisi
Vonni Ribisi
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My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw at least one or two movies a week they were film buffs, so I guess it just rubbed off on me.
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I want to be a part of something that's good and intellectually challenging.
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I grew up with Scientology - my parents at one point were clerical. It's a pragmatic philosophy, not merely a belief system. Yeah, it's had media exposure because certain luminaries do Scientology, but millions of people do it who are not celebrities. It's not a threat or some cult.
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Without Scientology, I would be in an alley somewhere looking for dope.
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What's sad is that there is an addictive quality to that, to believing your own hype to allowing yourself to become validated by others and no longer by yourself. That's the danger of celebrity
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A lot of writers, because they don't understand actors, feel like, in order to be better at their performance, they have to change the words around a lot.
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I used to shy away from publicity so as not to let it get in the way of the work. But it's part of the job. The tabloids are a whole other arena. If fame happens, it happens. I just want to maintain focus
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If I had to choose criteria, for me, it's about first the director. I want to be a part of something that's good and intellectually challenging. After the director it's the character and the story. That's the deal for me.
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I'm really happy with where I am, the movies in my life. Not satisfied, necessarily. But I won't put it on somebody else, blame anybody else for my position in the business. It's the choices I have made.
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You have to take into account it was the cell phone that became what the modern-day concept of a phone call is, and this is a device that's attached to your hip 24/7. Before that there was 'leave a message' and before that there was 'hopefully you're home.'
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I'm old fashioned with my cell phone. I like that human contact and I think it's important.
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It was extremely useful to grow up in front of the camera. It gives the camera no significance. I think it helped me have perspective on things. The attraction that Hollywood can have, I feel like I'm over that. Instead I just concentrate on acting.
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Do what you're doing while you're doing it.
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