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" I always used to say to myself, I'm going to die of lung cancer. That's the choice I'm making. "
Clive Owen
Die
Say
Myself
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" After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo. "
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" I do a lot better if I sit around and think about a character for a couple of months. "
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" I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting. "
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" As a teenager I was crazy about David Bowie. He was a huge inspiration for me. I dressed a little bit crazily in school and dyed my hair every colour under the sun. "
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" Ultimately, to have a career in movies, to a certain extent, certainly in England, you can't sustain a career in just English movies. "
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" I want to be in movies that stand the test of time. "
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" I'd like to do a film which is funny. "
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" 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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" I think anybody who bets on horses and says they win is probably a liar. "
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" I dread karaoke. I hate karaoke. I can't sing - that is why. "
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" The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe. "
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" Jewelery isn't really my thing, but I've always got my eye on people's watches. "
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" It's just lovely to be involved in a movie that does go back to the basics - characters and great writing. "
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" I never really look at life and worry about missed opportunities. "
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" Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible. "
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" You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other - the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" I want to go anywhere and everywhere and explore as much as I can. "
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" Outside of being home with my family, I prefer a crowd. "
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" I was not a very fearful kid, really. "
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" I would never give anybody any advice about anything. "
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" I am a big soccer fan, and a very big Liverpool fan. "
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Soccer
Fan
I Am
" I love to mix it up. I love to keep doing different things. "
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" I think I am more attracted to characters with a subtext, whatever that is and they don't necessarily have to be virtuous, but they have to at least be human. "
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" When there's an idiot driving crazily in front of you, that can wind the best of you up. "
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" I had to ride a horse once. In 'King Arthur.' I said I could ride, but I had to call for lessons on the day the deal was signed. I started out on this little chunky thing and slowly moved up. It was months of work. "
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" For me, London is and always will be home. "
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" I have a problem with a lot of men's fragrances because they are very strong. Somebody somewhere thinks that masculine means powerful smells, and I find them overbearing and not very pleasant. "
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