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I'm misrepresented as a scary person. I'm not. It's all about my size and my eyebrows.
Liev Schreiber
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Liev Schreiber
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: October 4
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San Francisco County
California
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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'm kind of an obsessive-compulsive person, like, neat obsessive.
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The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don't really think about it as a regular person.
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I grew up in the Lower East Side of New York.
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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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If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic.
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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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I really don't think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood.
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Actors are as good as they allow themselves to be, and to portray life, you have to have as broad an experience of it as you possibly can, so everything's worth it.
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I'm not that interested in working with impervious people.
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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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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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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 actually loved Winnipeg. Everyone told me I was going to hate it, but it was great.
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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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Its the difference between instinct and intuition.
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A lot of times in Hollywood you're as good as your last job.
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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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No, I grew up admiring people who played ice hockey.
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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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