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" Film is such a bizarre vehicle for acting. It's such a bizarre experience. I don't think you ever really get familiar with it. If you do get familiar with it, you're probably not that good anymore. "

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" There's nothing more exciting than that conversation you have with a live audience. It's the best feeling in the world. "

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" If you fall in love with somebody you're working with, fine, but wait till your project is over. "

" Where else do you find great directors? Acting is one of the places. "

" I did some research into what was going on in terms of the sexual revolution that was happening in the '60s in the gay community and particularly in the drag world. Before the '60s, guys doing drag would dress like their mothers or iconic Hollywood actresses. "

" You hear different things from different people, and they're all valid: they're all valuable. I think that's what comprises a performance is all those ideas. "

" It's good to overexpose yourself with work. But don't expose yourself too much with the press. "

" I manage to hide in my movies. "

" I'm someone who started in the theater and really couldn't stand repeating the show. My favorite part of acting is the five or six weeks of rehearsal that you get. I like doing previews; I like the opening week because my friends and family come, and then after that, I don't want to do it anymore. "

" I get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women. "

" When my grandpa was moved to physical action, you felt utter terror. "

" Home is New York. "

" Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused. "

" Don't hit people; don't let it get you too angry; remember that everything you do can and will be used against you. And take a breath and have some perspective. "

" I remember finding 'Harold and Maude' strangely erotic. I've always had an octogenarian fetish. "

" I'm kind of an obsessive-compulsive person, like, neat obsessive. "

" I am so used to being able to express myself from being an actor. So when people don't understand me, I'm just completely lost. "

" I struggle with the idea of comparing people's work and art. The notion of giving awards or putting a competitive spin on something that is a relative art form is sort of odd to me. "

Liev Schreiber

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" If I'm doing my job as an actor, the audience knows everything I know about the character. "

" I was always drawn to tough girls. I liked that domineering thing. "

" I think conflicted characters are always more interesting. "

" Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life. "

" No offense to the Canadians, but I believe location is like a character, and authenticity really matters. When you're in a place like New York or D.C., you just can't beat it, and it's so hard to recreate because they are both such distinctive places. I think it's pretty easy these days to tell films that are shot in Toronto. "

" The skill set for hockey is so specific to skating and if you haven't been skating as a kid it's impossible to play - and I wasn't a skater. "

" Entitlement is lethal. "

Liev Schreiber

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" You always have to create the character from the ground up. "

" I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing and still be somewhat artistic was, god help me, advertising. "

" My grandfather was raising me, and in many respects, I was trying to understand what it meant to be a man. He was my role model. "

" I really never thought I was that good at film. And honestly still don't. My strength is language. My background is monologues and a certain kind of Brechtian spin on theater. "

" No, I grew up admiring people who played ice hockey. "

" 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?' "