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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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San Francisco County
California
Isaac Liev Schreiber
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I'm not that interested in working with impervious people.
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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 find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys.
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Its the difference between instinct and intuition.
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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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Flaws reveal a lot about a character and who people are. The flawed elements of a character are where I find their humanity. Those are the things I tend to identify with - the weaknesses. I don't know why, but I identify with struggle more than with success.
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I am so used to being able to express myself from being an actor. So when people don't understand me, I'm just completely lost.
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You know, I have a deep, deep affinity for Dr. Suess.
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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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You always have to create the character from the ground up.
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Hamlet is a remarkably easy role. Physically it's hard because it tends to be about three hours long and you're talking the whole time. But it's a simple role and it adapts itself very well, because the thing about Hamlet is, we all are Hamlet.
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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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No, I grew up admiring people who played ice hockey.
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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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Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.
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Everyone assumes that novelists are smarter and more interesting. They're generally smarter and more interesting, but they're often very short. So it kind of cancels all the smart and interesting stuff out.
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A lot of times in Hollywood you're as good as your last job.
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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 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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