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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. "
Clive Owen
Men
Problem
Strong
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" I guess I'm not that metrosexual. My bathroom cabinet is hardly overflowing with products. I only really have my stuff for shaving. I can't honestly say I moisturise, though I probably should. "
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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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" If you explode onto the scene at a very young age, there are so many people pulling you in different directions. It takes time to recalibrate and see what's important. "
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" My wife needs her freedom just like me. "
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" The financial implode is bound to be reflected in the movies that are being made, there's no question. "
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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 think that Phil Kaufman is one of the best directors that I have come across. "
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" If you are making a script based on a book it can be frustrating going back to the source novel, because you're turning the story into a totally different thing; the narrative of film is different from that of a book. "
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" I would never give anybody any advice about anything. "
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" I actually really love working with young actors because they're so responsive and instinctive, and it's a much less honed craft that they're employing. "
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" I'm not better than anyone else. "
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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 am a big soccer fan, and a very big Liverpool fan. "
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" Action scenes are not that different from other scenes. "
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" As I get older, I've been having a better and better time. "
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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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Horse
King
" I can't remember ever being involved in a fight in a movie where I haven't done most of it. "
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Most
Remember
" I was at the birth of my two girls. "
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" I was not a very fearful kid, really. "
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" For me really good acting is about subtext. "
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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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" After writing a page, Hemingway would let it float to the ground. He never crumpled pages - he believed that if you crumpled them, you'd be insane in a year. "
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You
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" I've done a number of things based on real people or true stories or based on books, and I'm a great believer that you have to be true to the script. "
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Done
People
True
" Belfast during the Troubles looked like a different world. "
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World
Like
" I am comfortable around babies and children because I have two of my own. "
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My Own
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Children
" The thing about Hemingway that people forget is that all the stuff he did was at a time where people weren't traveling that much. At 19 he travels to Italy. He goes to the Spanish Civil War. He goes to China, he goes to Africa so at that time to travel that much is really incredible. "
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Travel
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" I think it's dangerous to get into ideas of planning careers. "
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" I certainly don't think of myself as an action hero. "
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" I think anybody who bets on horses and says they win is probably a liar. "
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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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