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I think you have to pick and choose what is most important to tell the story.

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Patrick Wilson
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 3
Actor
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Norfolk
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Patrick Joseph Wilson
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I did have Skidz overalls. Remember Skidz, those baggy plaid pants that look like pajamas? So I did rock overalls, but not in purple velvet. I couldn't find those.
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I don't concentrate on if a moment is scary or not. That's not my job.
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It's frustrating sometimes for actors because you slam it out and you have a great time, you think it's funny, and then for whatever reason the movie doesn't come together.
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I think the balance is between what you can get, what you want and what wants you.
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You have to know what you're shooting. Don't just make your movie in the editing room and just get everything you can on the day.
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I don't like being lied to.
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I try to shave at night so my skin has a chance to settle by the early morning call-time.
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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The blessing and the curse of not having a huge hit... you can go in and out of roles and some people know who you are and some people don't. I'd love for one of these movies to be super successful because then at least you're presented with more opportunities.
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I just want to do as many different genres as I can. I think that's part of it... to not get pigeon-holed because if one of them breaks out and becomes a big hit then typically people want to keep putting you in that kind of role.
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I think your teenage years define your musical roots forever. You're always looking for a theme for your high school years.
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For me, it doesn't matter whether it's a comedy, a Western or horror. As long as you've got a good story to tell, the genre almost doesn't matter. As an actor playing the role, it's all rooted in reality.
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Honestly, if you're just going to be the love interest then at least let it be a really good movie. Not every role is going to be Hamlet, I know that.
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Mike Nicholls saw me in the musical of The Full Monty and brought me in to audition for Angels in America for HBO. And that opened a lot of doors because you could go to LA and say: Well, I'm starring opposite Al Pacino and Meryl Streep...
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You never want to judge your character.
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I grew up around media so for me I've always been interested in that topic, whether it's a complete satire or a documentary. I love anything that touches on the state of information versus entertainment and what's newsworthy and what's not.
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I love making movies, but there's nothing like being in front of an audience.
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In a normal movie, you'd never see one guy talk for an entire page, whether good or bad.
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It's very hard to just break into movies. I always felt like it would be giving up a theatre career to go and try and be in movies. So, I thought I'd exhaust the theatre thing, go as far as I can, and originate roles, be on Broadway, maybe win some Tony Awards, and then hopefully some door would open. Luckily, it did.
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When you shoot a movie so quickly you can't really afford to shoot a bunch of extra footage because you don't have that luxury.
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