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" If I had a choice as to my perfect career, I would make a couple of films a year and then concentrate on natural history. "
Dominic Monaghan
Career
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" I used to get quite upset that I'd make friends with a guy or a girl and then within the space of three years we'd move and go and live somewhere else, and you'd have to say goodbye to that person. "
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" I'm a big fan of the misunderstood, the vilified, the underdog, the breaking of myths. "
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" I like learning new stuff, and continuing to educate myself as best I can. "
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" My parents are pretty cool people. "
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" The term 'geek' for me is like you having a passion, interest in something that is unabashed and you don't care if people think it's not cool. You think it's cool and that's your thing. "
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" When I go on holiday, I go to places that have animals I'm interested in. "
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" I was the class clown so I was used to performing and fooling around in front of my friends. "
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" I have been heartbroken once and it has affected all my relationships from there on. But now I look at it as a occupational hazard. If you are in the meat market at some point you are gonna get mad cows disease. "
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" I'm constantly exposing myself to art and that inspires me. "
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" What I'm attempting to do is to show people that if I can spend some time with very dangerous spiders and snakes and scorpions, then maybe they'll feel different about the spiders and snakes they find around their areas. I don't need people to keep them as pets. I just like them to be respectful and see that everything in nature has its place. "
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" I get involved with projects based on three parameters - the script, the actors involved and the director. "
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" Probably a concern to either a major or minor degree with most actors if they're really motivated to kind of make a significant difference in the business is the 'pigeon-holing' thing. "
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" I could always flip between emotions and be available to suddenly do something new. I think it's a part of playing, and you hang onto it when you're a kid. "
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" My ultimate search has been for a muse. "
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" I like relationships and being in love, but I also like being single - you have to embrace all those different things. "
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" I think everyone's a geek in some way. "
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" I'd love to play a gangster but I think people might say I looked a bit too young and cheeky to play a character who'd just blown someones head off! "
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" Here's an interesting thing about L.A. - it's overrun with black widow spiders. I could find you one on the street in 10 minutes. "
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" I think if you've held onto a character for several years and then you're getting rid of that character, it's going to be traumatic. "
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" I've had a fair amount of experience with snakes, and I find them to be pretty honest in terms of how you read their body language and emotions. They'll tell you when they're grumpy. They'll tell you when they're okay. "
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" I've got a hectic schedule, but I wouldn't have my life any other way. "
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" I've worked on films where the budgets are almost limitless and you're in trailers that are bigger than a hotel room. You're taken care of and the food is amazing, the quality of the job is amazing and then you work on smaller things but it never dictates my happiness or my willingness to go to work. "
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" I'm in this position where I can afford to wait, I'm lucky enough to be financially secure to not have to do anything that's thrown at me. You know the next couple of jobs are going to be pretty crucial in terms of how you're perceived by people. So I'm just waiting. "
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" I'd like to go on a hardcore safari in Africa, something off the beaten track with anti-poaching people and camping out in the savannah. "
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" My brother's a teacher in Costa Rica and actually does a more important and significant job than I will ever do. "
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" I've always traveled, as a kid my parents moved me around, a different place in Germany every four years. But I got the travel bug when I was a kid, living in different countries. "
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" I like films that deal with some of those questions that you can never answer: 'Why are we here? What's it about? What happens to us with the choices that we make? What are the ramifications for doing something right, or doing something wrong?' Those universal questions, I enjoy. "
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You
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" I'm a movie nut. I go to the movies probably twice a week, and if I'm not doing anything at night, I'm usually watching a movie or two. "
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" I guess we're living in a pretty sensitive world and there's nothing you can do about that. "
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