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" 'Green Lantern' I screen-tested for twice. I fought for the role. And I'm glad I did, because I felt like I earned it. "
Ryan Reynolds
Because
Glad
Role
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" I never took acting classes, but I knew I could do it based on the skill with which I lied to my parents on a regular basis! "
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" I grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. "
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" I find that I get a little depressed if I don't move my body each day, so sometimes it's just as simple as walking, and other times it's training for a marathon or some kind of personal goal that I'm trying to meet. "
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" A live action movie is work, and an animated movie is you showing up in your pajamas once every three months, or in my case, just a splash of baby powder. It's not any kind of heavy lifting. "
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" I've always just liked working. I like being a working actor. "
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Working
" I like doing the mainstream, right-down-the-pike broad comedies as much as I like doing the kind of unorthodox different stuff. "
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" I don't get a lot of romantic comedy scripts. "
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" There's a lot of actors I think that appear so much more together as the characters they portray as opposed to the actual people, so I know I've said this before: Hollywood's not a place where you're rewarded for growing up. "
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" I'll say this: The media wasn't invited to my marriage, and they're definitely not invited into the divorce. "
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" The stunts on the ground I can do, but I've never been good with heights. "
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" It's very tricky to throw a morally flexible character onto the screen and have an audience empathize. It's always an exercise in restraint. "
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" I can't say I've ever finished a film and been particularly thrilled with myself or patted myself on the back. And maybe that's what keeps me going, and that's a good thing. It speaks volumes about how I perceive myself. "
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" I run in a pair of New Balances with a thinner sole, but they're nothing like those barefoot shoes that show all five toes. I have a bit of a phobia about those. "
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" There's a very real possibility in this industry of going out and leading your life and then going home and being a voyeur of your own life. You can literally go watch yourself - where you went last night, what you did, what the things that people presuppose about you. It's kind of crazy. "
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" I believe in energy like dark energies. I believe that when a family moves into a house where six murders took place, there's going to be some bad juju in that house. But then again what the hell is wrong with you to be moving in that house to begin with? "
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" I don't think you can help but personalize a role. You almost play to none of the preconceived notions of it. It's more or less a personal experience and journey. "
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" I remember that coming to America was scary for me because everything here is just bigger, better, shinier, you know? "
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