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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.
Liev Schreiber
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Liev Schreiber
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: October 4
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Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life.
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I really don't think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood.
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Pitching. You're pitching yourself constantly which is probably why there are so many plays about sales. I think also it's like life.
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I'm kind of an obsessive-compulsive person, like, neat obsessive.
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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 get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women.
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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 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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If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic.
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As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong.
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You know, I have a deep, deep affinity for Dr. Suess.
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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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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 actually loved Winnipeg. Everyone told me I was going to hate it, but it was great.
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I'm not that interested in working with impervious people.
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You always have to create the character from the ground up.
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I live with an 18-month-old Jack Russell named Chicken. He moved in about 15 months ago, and it was very hard at first because I work a lot and he doesn't.
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I am struggling, though. It’s f-cking hard. So little sleep. It’s 23 hours and 59 minutes of exhaustion. They do one little thing in that last minute that is just so compelling and fascinating that it makes the other 23 hours and 59 minutes worthwhile.
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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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I am very good with dialects, but the two that I can't do for some reason are the South African and Australian.
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