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You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries. They only asked one question after a man died: Did he have passion?
Jeremy Piven
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Jeremy Piven
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: July 26
Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
Television Actor
Television Producer
Voice Actor
Manhattan borough
New York City
Jeremy Samuel Piven
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All I've done is work... I arrived in Los Angeles in my early 20s and I've been pounding the pavement ever since.
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If you are an incredibly reactive person and you are working on your lowest level, and if you continuously give into your dark side and are angry, and screaming, and breaking things, and you do that for hours and hours on end, you are going to be incredibly exhausted. That's just the way life is.
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I have a place in Chicago and I get there as much as I can... The city is so unbelievably beautiful. It's one of the greatest cities on the planet. My heart beats differently when I'm in Chicago. It slows down and I feel more at ease.
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I had never really been around cards.
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My goal, everyone's goal is to get better at what we do.
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I think people are gravitating towards these period dramas because I think they're looking for a simpler time.
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John Cusack and I have been friends since childhood, and the fact that we're in so many films together is, no pun intended, serendipitous.
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It sounds clichéd, but I think the greatest lesson is to not take things personally.
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I've been on the stage my entire life as an actor.
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For the record, if you're not a stage actor, climbing onto Broadway and tackling something like David Mamet is not an easy thing to do.
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Quitting the show was a complete anomaly in my life and my career. I've never missed out on anything. I relished the opportunity to be on Broadway... It's the holy grail for people like me.
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As an actor you want to explore something you haven't done.
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I'm a stage actor. That is what I do.
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The stage is my love, it's where I started and where I do my best work.
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You can't make people who you want them to be. That was a hard lesson for me.
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Everyone's journey is completely different.
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I'm one of these people who would rather show you than tell you through the performance.
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Sometimes in life, we have to continue to learn the same lesson until it sticks.
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We all have so many different elements inside of us and we're not all one thing.
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Sometimes - this is a tough one - not everyone can handle the truth. Sometimes you have to take a beat. But if you can take that beat, and take the high road, it'll serve you in the long run.
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