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" I've been very fortunate with the scripts I've had and the people I worked with. "
Clive Owen
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" Very often when you see families it's all perfect and neat, and parenting isn't like that. You do have constant negotiations. Things are ever developing and ever changing, and you constantly have to evaluate how you deal with your kids. "
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" I'm sort of one of those weird actors who whenever I do a play, I think, 'Oh, we should film this,' as opposed to have to belt it out of ourselves in a theater auditorium. "
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" After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo. "
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" I don't do facials or any of that stuff, but my workout regime does tend to depend on whether I have to take my top off in my next film because otherwise I know I'm too heavy. "
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" I can honestly say I've never chosen a film because where it's shot is convenient. "
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" I am comfortable around babies and children because I have two of my own. "
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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. "
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" I've got actor friends who didn't get breaks, who struggle and worry about things that I'm fortunate not to have to worry about. "
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" I'm not better than anyone else. "
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" After writing a page, Hemingway would let it float to the ground. He never crumpled pages - he believed that if you crumpled them, you'd be insane in a year. "
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" Rudeness can make me angry. "
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" When you are shooting action, there is a satisfying thing because your objectives are very clear. "
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" For some people, an event happens and they are thrown into a tabloid feeding ground. "
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" When there's an idiot driving crazily in front of you, that can wind the best of you up. "
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" I am a big soccer fan, and a very big Liverpool fan. "
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