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" I like being 30. I wouldn't want to do the twenties again. They are their own entity. "

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

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" Let's be honest. Physicality is going to have a bearing on the parts you get. And if you think differently, you're in the wrong business. "

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" I don't love acting. How can you love something when you sit around 12 hours a day and work 10 minutes a day? I'm just doing it because it keeps me off the streets and out of jail. "

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" I was just a kid and I didn't have a dad. That's hard, because when you're a kid, you blame yourself for everything. And I blamed myself for him not being around, for my parents not being together. "

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