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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. "

Clive Owen

Whatever

I Am

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" For me really good acting is about subtext. "

Clive Owen

Really

Subtext

" 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. "

" I always used to say to myself, I'm going to die of lung cancer. That's the choice I'm making. "

" I was not a very fearful kid, really. "

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" I really believe you can carry yourself in such a way that people don't notice you. "

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" I am a big soccer fan, and a very big Liverpool fan. "

" I go off and make movies; I come home, and I'm a dad and I hang with my girls. "

Clive Owen

Hang

Come

" I think there is a lot of overexplaining both in writing and acting. People don't need to be hit on the head. "

" Outside of being home with my family, I prefer a crowd. "

" As I get older, I've been having a better and better time. "

" 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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