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I grew up in the Lower East Side of New York.

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Liev Schreiber
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: October 4
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
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Stage Actor
Television Actor
Voice Actor
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San Francisco County
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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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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 find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys.
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I'm kind of an obsessive-compulsive person, like, neat obsessive.
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Particularly with the plays I choose, they're good parts, and they're parts that have been around long before a bad actor played them, and will be around long after I play them. Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.
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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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