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" I think that every male actor fantasizes with a boxing film. "
Edgar Ramirez
Think
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" Men are taught that if we are not the ultimate provider, we are a complete failure. We have to be number one in everything we do. There is nothing more delusional or paralysing than what I have just described. "
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" I remember when I first met Katherine Bigelow for 'Zero Dark Thirty' - actually, we met for another movie, and that never got made, and then she called me and invited me to 'Zero Dark Thirty'. "
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" The reality is that not only were we massively hit in 2008 when the bubble burst, and then we realized how deep the social gap, the economic gap in the world is between the super rich and the poor; also, we realized how impacted the environment has been. So there's been a physical consequence of that. "
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" You can't judge your characters or otherwise; it's not about you, it's about them. "
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" We are all seduced by charismatic people, whether it's in your office or in the bus or in the train. There are people who just, like, come through the door, and everybody turns around and looks at them and feels drawn to them. "
Edgar Ramirez
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Bus
Train
" I majored in political communications, so I intended to be a diplomat. "
Edgar Ramirez
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" Love is also a very violent thing. Totally violent. Suddenly, you are, like, at this party your friends invite you to, and you meet this person, and your life is turned upside down, and the next day you can't stop thinking about them. That's violent. Hopefully, it's for the better, but it's a violent thing. "
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" In order to understand the mindset of a boxer, I needed to become a boxer myself. "
Edgar Ramirez
Understand
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Become
" Everything goes in waves. Evolution goes in waves. The ocean goes in waves. Energy goes in waves. Sound travels in waves. "
Edgar Ramirez
Sound
Ocean
Evolution
" Feminism is nothing but equality, and actually, feminism benefits men because it liberates us and it releases us from many stigmas imposed by the macho culture on us as well. So if more of us could understand that it's nothing but equality, I think many agendas in terms of equality would have advanced quicker because it really helps us as well. "
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Equality
Nothing
Men
" There's no way to reconstruct reality. It happened once. What you do is reinterpret and recreate. Even if you have the person who lived it and did it next to you, the event happened just once. "
Edgar Ramirez
Way
Lived
Person
" I look for roles that allow me to immerse in different worlds, immerse in worlds that are different from mine. Then, when you finish a film, you're a different person. I look for that. I look to be impacted, to be transformed, changed by my roles. That's why I do this. "
Edgar Ramirez
Person
Finish
Me
" I'm very physical. I love to work out; I'm very athletic. It's a great therapy, not only for my body, but for my mind. "
Edgar Ramirez
Therapy
Work
Mind
" It's been a teenage fantasy of mine to play Bodhi. "
Edgar Ramirez
Teenage
Mine
Play
" There's never a dull moment on a David O. Russell set. But that's the beauty of it. That's the magic. "
Edgar Ramirez
Never
Moment
Magic
" That's what happens in a good horror movie: there are always metaphors of greater subjects like humanity and empathy and compassion. It's not about the action and scary moments: You really care about these characters because they're mirrors of our own reflections. "
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Compassion
Care
Empathy
" War is a tragedy. It's not pretty, and in my opinion, there are no winners. Everybody's a victim, from the one who's suffering pain to the person inflicting it. "
Edgar Ramirez
Suffering
Pain
Tragedy
" I think, for an actor, the whole world is a place of work because if you focus on characters and on stories, they are everywhere, so yeah, I feel very privileged to have had this great opportunities in the international cinema and especially in the American cinema. "
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Work
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Place
" I believe in the will. I believe in discipline. I believe in the organization. I believe in the rigor that gives us work. I believe in love as an engine of all things. I believe in the light. I believe in God. I believe in kindness. "
Edgar Ramirez
Work
Will
Light
" I'm not an aggressive person at all. But I know how to fight. "
Edgar Ramirez
Person
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Know
" Boxing combines, in perfect proportion, strength, speed, and endurance. Normally, most sports are either about one of the three: either about speed or endurance or strength. Boxing combines all three of them. It's really intense. "
Edgar Ramirez
Endurance
Perfect
Sports
" I'm just the second Bodhi. I think there will be more. I have the feeling this is only the first re-imagination of 'Point Break'. "
Edgar Ramirez
Think
Feeling
Point
" I think there's no creative process that goes without injuries and scratches and punches. You get beat up somehow, and that's part of the commitment. You have to be open to that. "
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Creative
Commitment
Think
" I think that the 'Bourne Trilogy,' it's definitely redefined the genre and took it to a new level. It was really great to be part of that experience. It is a very smart movie and a very smart script, great director, and great, you know, fellow actors. "
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Smart
Think
Experience
" In boxing, there are no bad guys or good guys. Just people trying to make a living and trying to live up to their pride and to try to become someone. "
Edgar Ramirez
Living
Bad
Good
" One of the pillars of 'Cyrano' is recreating a love story and, like any archetype, these great stories tend to be captivating, among other things, because they are made of those universal things that move us. "
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" You get to a new school, and you're the new guy, or you're the foreigner, or you're the guy with the funny accent. That first day at school was a whole new opportunity to create a new persona. "
Edgar Ramirez
School
Opportunity
You
" Being enlightened is just being aware. It's just being aware of something that you weren't aware before. "
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You
Something
Aware
" Carlos was a character, a character fabricated by Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, fabricated by the secret services of the epoch, fabricated by the governments of the epoch, by the radical groups of the epoch, by the communications media. "
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Media