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" Having that college experience and a social life that didn't revolve around Hollywood was absolutely crucial. "
Haley Joel Osment
College
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" I think a lot of actors will tell you that playing a villain can be more fun than playing the straight and narrow good guy. "
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" I went to the Experimental Theater Wing at NYU and wrote and directed a small amount of stuff there. "
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" For me, choice is the most important thing because I'm going to be an adult actor pretty soon. So I've got to be choosing the right roles now so that by the time I get to that age there will be wide options available. "
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" You always have to avoid working for the sake of putting yourself out there. "
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" A script like 'The Sixth Sense' is fun to read: It's so well-written, and you get a vivid sense of what's going to be onscreen. "
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" People hear the examples of kids who work when they're young, have bad experiences, and then have a rough life after that, but a lot of it is just about the people around you. "
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" People love to get scared. People want to see the worst thing that can happen. "
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" One challenge in this industry is that you adopt a certain look for a movie, and then people don't get to see the movie for a year! "
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" My parents never got carried away with the extraneous elements of being in the business. "
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" I've never had a MySpace or a Facebook page. I avoid that entirely. "
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" Just keep learning from the role and not just go for the money. "
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" I try to keep away from being big-headed. That's what causes people to lose the acting thing. They start being commercial, and then they stink for the rest of their lives. "
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" One of the cool things about getting to audition for things on short notice is that it teaches you to memorize efficiently. So I've never been afraid of getting text down quickly. "
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" When I was a little kid, I loved imagining things. I'd go outside and put on a cape and just imagine I was somebody else. "
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" My parents were both born in Birmingham, Alabama, and come from large Catholic families with lots of Michaels, Marks, and Patricks, so they wanted to choose two names that I don't think you could find anywhere else in the family tree: Haley and Joel. "
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