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" I had an unbelievable experience on '24'. We shot 198 episodes, and I was as excited about shooting the 198th as I was the first. "
Kiefer Sutherland
Excited
Shooting
First
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" I have a very strong political outlook, and that is something I'd like to take more responsibility for in my life. I don't believe in utilising certain aspects of the power I have with celebrity to push that forward, but I would like to make some films that address some of those political issues. "
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" When you're a young actor you like to go for characters with a bit of flair, so in many films I ended up playing the weirdos. I can assure you I'm not a psycho or a criminal or a bully. "
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You
" When we shoot 24, there are so many things I have to worry about, from the script to technical things to my performance, that I don't have a second to be bored or take anything for granted. We produce 24 hours of film a season, which is like making 12 movies. "
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Movies
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" When I saw Virginia Woolf, somewhere between the first and second acts, someone I had known as my mother became somebody else. "
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Somewhere
Someone
" I do believe very strongly that all of us and all of the other things in the context of our planet with Mother Nature, all of these things absolutely have a profound effect. "
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Mother
Environmental
Nature
" I love collecting guitars, even though I can't play well. My favourite guitarists are Richie Blackmore, Jimmy Paige, and John Mayer. "
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Love
" The biggest mistakes I made in my career were when I said, 'If I do this movie, I'll be able to do a couple more movies.' Those are the times I really got ugly. "
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Ugly
Mistakes
Movies
" I'm a huge fan of Canadian rock-and-roll. When I was growing up, Rush came out with a record called Hemispheres, and I must have listened to that record for two years straight. Even when I was asleep I had it on. So, yeah, whenever I hear a Rush tune, the first thing I think of is Toronto. "
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Think
Two
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" I loved '24', but I didn't think anyone else would. I had absolutely no idea. "
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Loved
Idea
Think
" I think that the day you've figured out the differences between women and men is the day that you're no longer attracted to women. It's the difference that is so fantastic and frustrating and angering, and really sexy. "
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Women
Men
Sexy
" I like chatting with people. If people ask me a direct question, I give them a direct answer and I feel I've always done that with the press. "
Kiefer Sutherland
Done
Feel
Me
" If your ethics in the military, in your training, is going to be counterminded by a one-hour weekly television show, we've got a really big problem. "
Kiefer Sutherland
Problem
Training
Television
" There are a lot of movies I'd like to throw away. That's not to say that I went in with that attitude. Any film I ever started, I went in with all the hope and best intentions in the world, but some films just don't work. "
Kiefer Sutherland
Best
Say
Attitude
" I think the most attractive thing is a sense of humour. If someone can make you laugh, you've gotten a lot out of the way. "
Kiefer Sutherland
Humour
Someone
Think
" I didn't realize that television has gone through immense changes and has become very progressive. "
Kiefer Sutherland
Changes
Realize
Television
" Some days I'm in better control and can navigate my way through stuff, and other days, not so much. "
Kiefer Sutherland
Way
Through
Days
" My mother's five-foot-two, and I'll be honest with you - she's the only person I'm scared of. "
Kiefer Sutherland
Scared
Mother
Person
" When I started, with films like 'The Bay Boy' and 'Stand by Me', I look back on those interviews and I'm amazed; there's no mention of my father; it's not even 'son of Donald Sutherland.' I caught a bit of a break in that it never felt like a weight to me. "
Kiefer Sutherland
Look
Me
Stand
" I would love to do '24' until I was 60, but I don't think anybody would accept it. "
Kiefer Sutherland
Love
Anybody
Accept
" When I was younger, my whole sense of self-worth was based on whether or not I was working, which was awful. And I had a baby at 20 years old, so it wasn't just about me. At around the age of 30 there was a stretch where I wasn't working - certainly not on anything I liked, anyway - and I started to do other things. "
Kiefer Sutherland
Me
Old
Age
" I did a play called Throne of Straw when I was 11, at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. It became really clear to me at that point that I enjoyed acting more than any other experience I was having. "
Kiefer Sutherland
Play
Acting
Theatre
" My whole mood or sense can change by virtue of the music that I'm listening to. It really does affect me on a visceral and emotional level. "
Kiefer Sutherland
Change
Music
Mood
" My focus on 9/11 was on the victims - in the towers, in the planes - and all that loss. "
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Focus
Victims
Planes
" I've made films that I've given all I had to, that no one has seen. The bottom line is I want to work and I want someone to enjoy it. "
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Someone
Bottom
Enjoy
" I am a bit obsessive about tidiness. I need to make my bed in the morning and leave it perfectly made up. "
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Bed
Leave
I Am
" '24' and 20th Century Fox and Sky TV are not responsible for training the U.S. military. It is not our job to do. To me, this is almost as absurd as saying, 'The Sopranos' supports the mafia, and by virtue of that, HBO supports the mafia.' "
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Training
Virtue
Job
" There are two things that Jack Bauer never does. Show mercy, and go to the bathroom. "
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Never
Two
Mercy
" I couldn't see my father's films because they were restricted and we didn't have videos or DVDs back then. "
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Father
Back
Because
" I'm always jumping in my seat or gasping during a good horror movie. "
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Seat
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" My parents not only did it for a living, but they were really good at it. "
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Only
Parents
Did