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" If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic. "
Liev Schreiber
Classic
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" Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history. "
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" I have the kind of face that people want to punch. "
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" I think New York will always be this incredible international crossroads, and I don't think that will ever change. "
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" You hear different things from different people, and they're all valid: they're all valuable. I think that's what comprises a performance is all those ideas. "
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" There's the private persona and the public persona and the two shall never meet. "
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" When my grandpa was moved to physical action, you felt utter terror. "
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" I'm not that interested in working with impervious people. "
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" I think, the first time I played Iago at the Public Theater, I realized I had a - much to my chagrin - I realized I had an instinct for these conflicted characters, for these torn characters, for these characters who could be described as evil. I wouldn't describe them that way. "
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" Home is New York. "
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" Where else do you find great directors? Acting is one of the places. "
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" I actually loved Winnipeg. Everyone told me I was going to hate it, but it was great. "
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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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" Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused. "
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" I'm a typically lazy person. It is sort of characteristic of actors. "
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" I find old women at weddings and funerals attractive; I have this weird mortality thing. "
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" My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election. "
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" My grandfather was raising me, and in many respects, I was trying to understand what it meant to be a man. He was my role model. "
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" And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don't always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat, I do. When I'm at a restaurant, I'll think, 'Hmm, what would Macbeth have ordered?' "
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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 remember finding 'Harold and Maude' strangely erotic. I've always had an octogenarian fetish. "
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" I think conflicted characters are always more interesting. "
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" Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life. "
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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 get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women. "
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" That's one of the benefits of working on big budget films. You work with people who have a lot of experience and you get to learn a lot. "
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" I've never been a heavy practitioner of the method or, at least, with any specific intent; I'm kind of an impulse-based person. Like, I'm sort of waiting for something to happen that I'm not expecting, and I kind of want to jump on that train of emotion, whatever it is, both from myself or from the other actor. "
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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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" 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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" I'm drawn to people who share that sense of loss. All actors are trying to repair damaged relationships. I think that might be why I've been drawn to other actors. "
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