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I generally find an affinity with a lot of the people I play and I suppose if I didn't feel an affinity for them then they wouldn't be particularly good performances.

Hugo Weaving

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Hugo Weaving
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 4
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Film sets are constantly amusing because you really are creating something that is so very surreal, and I kind of like that.
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As an actor, to play someone who's at war with himself, that's so interesting.
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I think any role you need to play not so much transforms but I like to think of it as understanding the psychology of another character.
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I still, by and large, make low-budget Australian films.
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It's great to blow the image that people have of me out of the water.
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When you're a kid you have this sense of wonder and wholeness and a strong sense of your own identity.
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There's nothing like being on a massive-budget film where you don't know anything, and there's a million people, and no one's communicating.
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If a film isn't really talking about who we are and what our psychologies are, then we're probably not that interested in it, actually.
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Being in the woods at night is a beautiful thing.
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Having agreed to play Elrond, I realized how much had to be worked out about this character: the idea of portraying someone who is immortal, for one thing plus the fact he is noble, wise, powerful, good - and beautiful! I began to think that he was altogether impossible to play!
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Across the board, Australian films need to have a lot more money spent on selling them.
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I certainly don't advocate terrorism as a way of progressing and understanding people, nor do I believe labeling everything as a terrorist act is helpful either.
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Never send a human to do a machine's job.
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I used to have two double espressos a day. I gave that up, had headaches for five days but now I'm feeling great.
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The great thing about stage is that you have a live audience.
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To me acting originally became an extension of game playing.
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In a real fight, there ain't no time and you've got to use your wits. If someone were threatening the life of my child, then I'd be a good fighter. If somebody just wanted to steal my wallet, well, maybe I wouldn't worry about it so much.
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I think I'm much less self confident today. I actually went through a quite painful period because of that thinking that I was completely hopeless. But I think that's something that we all go through at various times of our lives and it was quite a sustained thing with me.
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As an actor, to do all sorts of different films is great.
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I didn't get my licence because I wasn't allowed to. But I haven't had a seizure for a long time so I could, theoretically, get my licence. But I'm now just so used to not driving, I'm scared of what I'd do.
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