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" I'm half Jewish, but no one believes me because my looks lean a little WASP-y... It's sometimes hard for me to get the roles I'm drawn to. "
Armie Hammer
Looks
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" It's something that I think I'm going to have to fight against for most of my career, for people to take me seriously as an actor as opposed to a good-looking guy. It's not what I want to be known as. "
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Fight
Want
Career
" I grew up in the Cayman Islands. I didn't play video games or watch TV. I would basically come home from school, throw down my backpack, grab my machete, and go hike and chop down trees to make a fort. "
Armie Hammer
Video Games
School
Home
" I got into a fight with a kid in junior high, and then we became friends after that. "
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Then
Fight
Friends
" I mean I would still love to be in Mel Brooks' movies; he's great. "
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Movies
Great
He
" My very first kiss happened when I was 6, underneath some desks during 'nap time', but my first real kiss happened when I was 15 in the parking lot at a Mexican food restaurant. "
Armie Hammer
Time
Nap
Kiss
" I couldn't be more blessed. "
Armie Hammer
Blessed
More
" I never grew up reading or fantasizing about fairy tales. I was always too busy, like, outside being a kid. "
Armie Hammer
Busy
Always
Fairy
" I need it to survive. But most specifically, McDonalds Big Mac's and McDoubles (with no pickles). "
Armie Hammer
Need
Most
Mac
" I'd rather enjoy meals, order bottles of red wine and eat creme brulee at the end of dinner. Then, when they call you for a photo shoot, you just go, 'Okay, time to hit the treadmill.' "
Armie Hammer
End
Wine
Time
" The Internet is an actor's best friend. "
Armie Hammer
Internet
Best
Best Friend
" I feel fortunate. I've really gotten to work with amazing talented people, and to learn from them, which is why I'm doing this. If I can work with the best director I'm going to do it. "
Armie Hammer
Work
People
Feel
" I like that, in the mornings, I can wake up, take my dog, and go grab coffee and a bagel, then bring back a box to my wife. I like that. I don't want anything else or need anything. I have a great wife and a great life. "
Armie Hammer
Wife
Life
Great
" I think a primal role of a man in a relationship is to protect his woman. "
Armie Hammer
Man
Woman
Think
" There are two 'Snow White' movies coming out for the same reason that you remember back in the day there was 'Armageddon' and then 'Deep Impact.' You know, 'Andromeda Strain' and then 'Outbreak.' Like, all of those things. It's common because basically studios have no imagination in making the decisions. "
Armie Hammer
Imagination
Day
Snow
" I have about as much control over how I look as the guy who's short and looks more like a character actor - we both have the same drive to be actors and we both have the same drive to assume these different characters, it's just harder for me to get the chance because they look at me and say, 'Oh, he's this type,' and they stamp me. "
Armie Hammer
Chance
Short
Drive
" My wife comes from a foodie family so I've been indoctrinated into that. I had sweetbreads the other night, and I have to say, not my favorite thing in the world You're eating a gland. "
Armie Hammer
Eating
Night
Wife
" I love art. I used to have a painting of Gorbachev that was given to my family by Gorbachev. "
Armie Hammer
Painting
Love
Used
" Yeah, I mean I've definitely had a bunch of action scripts sent to me, but again I'm a stickler for directors. If it's like an action flick with a great director then it's like 'Oh let's look at this thing,' but if it's just like a shoot-em'-up with a first time director. I don't know if that's the trajectory I want to take with what I'm doing. "
Armie Hammer
Great
Action
Me
" My great-great-grandfather Julius founded the Communist Party in New York. "
Armie Hammer
Founded
Party
New York
" Not sure of my place in the world (still up for debate) and not sure what I wanted to do with my life (not really up for debate). "
Armie Hammer
Place
World
Debate
" Just because it sparkles doesn't mean it's good. "
Armie Hammer
Mean
Just
Because
" I don't think I should tell you what to do, nor should the government. As long as you enjoy your own personal liberties and don't infringe on the liberties of others, I don't care. "
Armie Hammer
Enjoy
Think
Long
" I almost got kicked out of eighth grade for selling 'Playboy.' "
Armie Hammer
Out
Playboy
Selling
" As a fluke, my great-grandfather hit one of the largest oil reserves in California. "
Armie Hammer
California
Great-Grandfather
Hit