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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.
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 find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys.
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A lot of times in Hollywood you're as good as your last job.
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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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I really don't think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood.
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I grew up in the Lower East Side of New York.
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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'm not that interested in working with impervious people.
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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 think New York will always be this incredible international crossroads, and I don't think that will ever change.
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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 actually loved Winnipeg. Everyone told me I was going to hate it, but it was great.
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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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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'm kind of an obsessive-compulsive person, like, neat obsessive.
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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.
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