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I find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys.

Liev Schreiber

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Liev Schreiber
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: October 4
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San Francisco County
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I think it’s really, really important to mix it up as an actor, to try to get as much kind of varied experience as you can, not only for your own personal growth as an actor but for the audience to keep them guessing about what you’re going to do.
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As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong.
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I was a writer. I just wasn't a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that I'd be a better actor than I would a playwright.
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Call me communist, but I think that's something that everyone, regardless of their family's income, has a right to, and I was fortunate enough to have a mother who felt that way as well.
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I actually loved Winnipeg. Everyone told me I was going to hate it, but it was great.
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Its the difference between instinct and intuition.
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I want to forget what I've learned about the character, but the reality is that you can't, because you've absorbed it. It's there in that moment when you need it. The hard part is to trust it.
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You can think about your career or you can think about your job. I like to think about my job.
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I've always been more interested in the audience than I have in the plays. I like that idea of all those people sitting in the dark together. It's kind of fun.
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I really do think that if you're doing your job right, you're never gonna be what the other actor was, but you can be influenced by his intelligence and his choices.
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I'm misrepresented as a scary person. I'm not. It's all about my size and my eyebrows.
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I'm kind of an obsessive-compulsive person, like, neat obsessive.
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A lot of times in Hollywood you're as good as your last job.
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I direct in the same way that I act, which is thinking about what the scene needs.
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I'm actually a very bad surfer, which is good because everybody likes a bad surfer. Nobody likes a good surfer.
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I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters.
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I think New York will always be this incredible international crossroads, and I don't think that will ever change.
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I think people respond to truthful, simple narrative, and the more you try to dress it up to try and do something else, the harder it is for people to relate to.
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And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don't always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat, I do. When I'm at a restaurant, I'll think, 'Hmm, what would Macbeth have ordered?'
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I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is.
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