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" I think New York will always be this incredible international crossroads, and I don't think that will ever change. "
Liev Schreiber
Think
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" I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is. I was a little bit different. "
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" I find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys. "
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" I'm misrepresented as a scary person. I'm not. It's all about my size and my eyebrows. "
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" Everyone says villains are thankless parts, but those are really the best roles. "
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" 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. "
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" The interesting thing about doing serial television is that the character is growing separate from you, the character and the show are growing, and you get to observe that and participate with it in a way that I think is actually really exciting for an actor. "
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" If you fall in love with somebody you're working with, fine, but wait till your project is over. "
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" The premise for me has always been that it's vulnerable people who do violent things. And the more vulnerable they feel, often, the more violent they are. But I think, you know, that's an idea that comes from history, from classical theater, for me. "
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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. "
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" My mother didn't let me see color films. I saw a lot of black-and-white films. The first time I saw Basil Rathbone, I was completely taken. To me, that was the epitome of great acting, was Basil Rathbone - not only in Sherlock Holmes, but the Sheriff of Nottingham, and all the terrible characters he had to play alongside Errol Flynn. "
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" If I'm doing my job as an actor, the audience knows everything I know about the character. "
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" 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. "
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" I get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women. "
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" The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don't really think about it as a regular person. "
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" 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. "
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" And I think for me there's a lot of neurosis involved with where you should be or thinking about where you are all the time instead of being where you are. "
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" You should never ask actors about politics. "
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" I am very good with dialects, but the two that I can't do for some reason are the South African and Australian. "
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" When my grandpa was moved to physical action, you felt utter terror. "
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Felt
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" A lot of times in Hollywood you're as good as your last job. "
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" You can think about your career or you can think about your job. I like to think about my job. "
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" I struggle with the idea of comparing people's work and art. The notion of giving awards or putting a competitive spin on something that is a relative art form is sort of odd to me. "
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" I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing and still be somewhat artistic was, god help me, advertising. "
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" Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life. "
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" I went to school in Massachusetts at Hampshire College. "
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" Hamlet is a remarkably easy role. Physically it's hard because it tends to be about three hours long and you're talking the whole time. But it's a simple role and it adapts itself very well, because the thing about Hamlet is, we all are Hamlet. "
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" Well, I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters. "
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" Home is New York. "
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" Don't hit people; don't let it get you too angry; remember that everything you do can and will be used against you. And take a breath and have some perspective. "
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" I find old women at weddings and funerals attractive; I have this weird mortality thing. "
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