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I don't play chess with my life, ya' know.

Russell Crowe

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Russell Crowe
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: April 7
Actor
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Film Actor
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Wellington
New Zealand
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I respond in the moment which is what makes me a good actor.
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I can rely on me [being a director], unlike some actors. I never got anything less than what I needed from the lead actor.
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I'd move to Los Angeles if New Zealand and Australia were swallowed up by a tidal wave, if there was a bubonic plague in England and if the continent of Africa disappeared from some Martian attack.
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I do occasionally wonder, if you were to bring to life one of those young men who sacrificed themselves in what was advertised to them as the Great War, and the war to end all war, and show them that we're still engaged in armed conflict in the same area, I'm not sure that they would be pleased about what their sacrifices amounted to.
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I'd like to play passionate women, but no one will let me.
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Brothers, what we do in life........echoes in eternity.
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