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" My survival skills are very good for Hollywood. Beyond that, I'm not really sure. "
Timothy Olyphant
Survival
Sure
Skills
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" The basic thing a man should know is how to change a tyre and how to drive a tractor. Whatever that bearded dude is doing on the Dos Equis beer commercials sets the bar. That's your guy. Every man should be aiming to be like him. The beard is just the tip of the iceberg. "
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" I can't root for the Lakers. I grew up in northern California, so I spent many of my young adult years rooting against the Lakers. "
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" I think at this point in my life, I'd like to play more good guys than bad guys. "
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" On 'Justified', we're driving all around Southern California trying to find a location that we can call Kentucky. "
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" I don't get recognized that much. That's the best part of it. I tend to get things like, 'You sound a lot like that guy on 'Deadwood.' And that's lovely. I've been very fortunate. No giggling, screaming girls. None of that. "
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Like
" I didn't inherit any great success and the problems that came with it, and yet I was able to keep working and supporting myself and later a family. I'm crazy fortunate. "
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Success
Crazy
" It's very rare that you can be in a career for as long as I have and still feel like you're constantly learning and coming at it from an almost childlike perspective. "
Timothy Olyphant
Perspective
Long
Learning
" I've always sort of admired and respected one's ability to be comfortable with other people's discomfort or, you know, their being comfortable making other people uncomfortable. "
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Always
You
Uncomfortable
" My roles don't centre around drugs at all! Shadiness is different - it's drama. We're making movies! You've gotta have conflict. "
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You
Movies
Conflict
" If you're at a restaurant and someone asks, 'Fresh pepper?,' the answer is yes. When people shake off the fresh pepper, they clearly have no interest in living a full life. Same thing goes for grated Parmesan. Why would you turn that down? "
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You
Life
Living
" A little-known secret is that being a pro athlete is not that great. It's a pretty short lifespan. I know all these parents are out there driving their children to be professionals, but so many pros will tell you, 'No, you don't want to do this.' "
Timothy Olyphant
Parents
Children
Driving
" I'll admit a little something: If I go to one of those hotels where there's, like, a $50 omelet, I'm taking the silverware home with me. I'm not saying it's right. I just feel like it's an unspoken agreement where the mug and the silverware are just part of the deal. "
Timothy Olyphant
Home
Me
Saying
" I was a Fine Art major. You do a bit of everything until the final year, when you specialise. I did pencil drawing and sculpture. It's a pretty well-rounded fine art education. I thought that it was viable option to make a living out of art. I'm not sure if I was thinking realistically; maybe I never was. But it had great appeal. "
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Thinking
Art
Education
" I trust that I know a good part when I see one, and usually, when I see one, I have to wait for seven people to pass in order for me to get it. "
Timothy Olyphant
Good
Know
Me
" It's fun when your kids reach a point where you can actually start talking about things. "
Timothy Olyphant
Start
You
Reach
" You know, after filming the movie the book was still just as big. I think it was actually bigger. I think Stephen King went back and wrote extra pages. He's fantastic. "
Timothy Olyphant
You
Think
King
" I've taken a milk-art class; I can put a heart on top of the cappuccino. I'm very proud of that. "
Timothy Olyphant
I Can
Proud
Class
" As far as the leading man/romantic lead, I'll tell you what, I really enjoyed my experience more than I thought or imagined I would on 'Catch and Release.' God bless them if they want to give me another shot at that. I would love to have that as something I can go to on occasion. "
Timothy Olyphant
You
Experience
God
" It's changed throughout the years, but at one time I was a really big bubble gum ice cream fan. I'd spit the bubble gum pieces in a cup and then collect them. "
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Time
Big
Bubble
" A rice cooker has changed my life. The overnight-oatmeal deal is a big win at the Olyphant house. "
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House
Win
Rice
" At the end of the day, the job is to tell the story that you promised to tell and do it in the most entertaining and perhaps surprising way you can think of. "
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Job
Story
Think
" I've had lots of parts in movies that I've never seen. I mean no disrespect to them. It was really fun to go act, but I'm not calling my friends and saying, 'I couldn't be more proud of this picture. You should go see it.' "
Timothy Olyphant
Friends
Saying
Proud
" If Martin Scorsese calls, I am available. And then there the ones, well, you can just run down the list - any of those Oscar-nominated films, they have amazing directors across the board. "
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You
Amazing
Down
" There's so many great Western films. Let's see, 'Red River,' any of those Henry Fonda movies are fantastic. Any of those John Ford movies are fantastic. I love all the Eastwood 'Man With No Name' movies, John Wayne, 'True Grit.' "
Timothy Olyphant
River
Red
Name
" Sometimes, people aren't as consciously aware of their decisions as they should be. "
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People
Decisions
Aware
" Um, accidents happen. Especially if there's a co-star that you're not that fond of - you might 'accidentally' deck him. But no, I'm a professional. I'm just saying that can happen. "
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Professional
Happen
Him
" I'm attracted to roles that are unpredictable, and if I can get my hands on something like that, I'm thrilled. I like performances where you don't know what's coming, moment to moment. "
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Hands
You
Moment
" I'm in show business, and we have a long history here of making movies about law enforcement officers. If you're my age, and you're male, and you're trying to get work, you're going to run into those roles as opposed to having a long run of playing dancers. "
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Run
Age
Business
" The only time we got sugary cereal was when my mom went away for the weekend and she bought us Frosted Flakes because she wanted us to behave. Otherwise, we were eating shredded wheat, granola, or Grape Nuts. "
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Eating
Time
She
" I think that always, as an actor, I don't want to overstep or pretend that I'm doing anything more than I'm doing. "
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