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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.
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'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 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 always have to create the character from the ground up.
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Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life.
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Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.
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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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No, I grew up admiring people who played ice hockey.
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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 really don't think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood.
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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'm actually a very bad surfer, which is good because everybody likes a bad surfer. Nobody likes a good surfer.
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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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A lot of times in Hollywood you're as good as your last job.
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If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic.
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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 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 not that interested in working with impervious people.
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Every girl I've gone out with has said something to me first.
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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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