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" A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors. "
Clive Owen
Than
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Better
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" I'm not a great one for classic horror or cheap thrills. "
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Horror
" If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It takes time to recalibrate and see what's important. "
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Time
" There's something to play if there's conflict going on. Whatever that conflict is, that's where drama is; if the character is grappling with something you've got something to play, there's layers to it. "
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Character
" I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting. "
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Treat
You
" When there's an idiot driving crazily in front of you, that can wind the best of you up. "
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Best
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" I go off and make movies; I come home, and I'm a dad and I hang with my girls. "
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Hang
Come
Go
" The thing about Hemingway that people forget is that all the stuff he did was at a time where people weren't traveling that much. At 19 he travels to Italy. He goes to the Spanish Civil War. He goes to China, he goes to Africa so at that time to travel that much is really incredible. "
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Travel
Time
Forget
" There's certainly a huge element of luck in me ending up where I've ended up. "
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Where
Ending
Luck
" Audiences can be very judgmental. "
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Very
Judgmental
Audiences
" I've got actor friends who didn't get breaks, who struggle and worry about things that I'm fortunate not to have to worry about. "
Clive Owen
Friends
Actor
Worry
" A huge part of acting in movies is appetite. You do your best work when you've got a lot of appetite and you really want to embrace something. When you get tired, you don't have that hunger. "
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Movies
Best
Tired
" Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies. "
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Working
Cool
Family
" I'm sort of one of those weird actors who whenever I do a play, I think, 'Oh, we should film this,' as opposed to have to belt it out of ourselves in a theater auditorium. "
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Think
Belt
Film
" When you are shooting action, there is a satisfying thing because your objectives are very clear. "
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Clear
Action
You
" You see these actresses who have had Botox or something else done, and it takes you out of the film. "
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Out
Botox
Done
" I really believe you can carry yourself in such a way that people don't notice you. "
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Way
People
You
" The idea of goodies and baddies has always fascinated me, and what people consider to be a goodie or a baddie, because I've never seen any of my characters as baddies. "
Clive Owen
Because
Never
Me
" I'd like to do a film which is funny. "
Clive Owen
Like
Film
Funny
" I think it's dangerous to get into ideas of planning careers. "
Clive Owen
Dangerous
Get
Think
" I don't like it when people are trying too hard. That goes for clothes, for acting, for everything. It's just not good when it seems like you're making too much of an effort. "
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Hard
You
Good
" Jewelery isn't really my thing, but I've always got my eye on people's watches. "
Clive Owen
Watches
Always
Eye
" I would never give anybody any advice about anything. "
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Advice
Anybody
Never
" I always want my options to be open. "
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Options
Want
Always
" I am comfortable around babies and children because I have two of my own. "
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My Own
Own
Children
" I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it. "
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Trying
Myself
Learn
" I don't do facials or any of that stuff, but my workout regime does tend to depend on whether I have to take my top off in my next film because otherwise I know I'm too heavy. "
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Depend
Because
Film
" I love to mix it up. I love to keep doing different things. "
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Different
Doing
Things
" I can honestly say I've never chosen a film because where it's shot is convenient. "
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Say
Because
Never
" I'd love to do a Western. "
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Love
Western