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" 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. "

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" That's one of the benefits of working on big budget films. You work with people who have a lot of experience and you get to learn a lot. "

Liev Schreiber

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" 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. "

" I really don't think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood. "

" You watch a hockey game, and the hand-eye coordination and the speed is really miraculous; how those guys track the puck alone, just following it with their eyes. "

" Home is New York. "

" 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'm actually a very bad surfer, which is good because everybody likes a bad surfer. Nobody likes a good surfer. "

" I was a writer. I just wasn't a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that I'd be a better actor than I would a playwright. "

" Everyone says villains are thankless parts, but those are really the best roles. "

" My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election. "

" I think it's really, really important to mix it up as an actor, to try to get as much kind of varied experience as you can, not only for your own personal growth as an actor but for the audience to keep them guessing about what you're going to do. "

" It's finding time for each other. That's the trick to any relationship, you know. Finding time to really be present for each other. "

" I find old women at weddings and funerals attractive; I have this weird mortality thing. "

" I think New York will always be this incredible international crossroads, and I don't think that will ever change. "

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

" I think, the first time I played Iago at the Public Theater, I realized I had a - much to my chagrin - I realized I had an instinct for these conflicted characters, for these torn characters, for these characters who could be described as evil. I wouldn't describe them that way. "

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

" 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. "

" My style was always intuitive. I never used to believe in working on your body. Anything that smacked of vanity to me was bad for your acting, but I learned that wasn't true. "

" I think conflicted characters are always more interesting. "

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

" I get panic attacks in big crowds. "

" I find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys. "

" Entitlement is lethal. "

Liev Schreiber

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" The worst bar fights I ever saw were in London. I saw a guy break a pint glass in another guy's face in a club in the Eighties. It was a gay club, too. "

" I have Slavic fat pads that make me look like a chipmunk and arched predatory eyebrows. With that, you're not going to get funny. That's why I play so many bad guys. "

" I think that everything I've ever done at some point is part of someone else's legacy. "

" I have the kind of face that people want to punch. "

" 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. "

" I'm misrepresented as a scary person. I'm not. It's all about my size and my eyebrows. "