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" Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies. "
Clive Owen
Working
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" One of the things I'm most proud of about my career is the fact I've managed to keep options open. "
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" I'm a huge fan of 'The Exorcist.' "
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" I don't like it when people are trying too hard. That goes for clothes, for acting, for everything. It's just not good when it seems like you're making too much of an effort. "
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" I've done a number of things based on real people or true stories or based on books, and I'm a great believer that you have to be true to the script. "
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" Audiences can be very judgmental. "
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" I can't remember ever being involved in a fight in a movie where I haven't done most of it. "
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" I couldn't bear a marriage in which one partner hinges on the other. "
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" I dread karaoke. I hate karaoke. I can't sing - that is why. "
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" I watch a film and the most important thing to me is what I think of the movie. "
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" You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other - the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies. "
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" Action scenes are not that different from other scenes. "
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" I'm not a great one for classic horror or cheap thrills. "
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" A room full of great sportsmen is so much better than a room full of actors. "
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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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" For me, London is and always will be home. "
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London
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" I was at the birth of my two girls. "
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" I do wear suits all the time. "
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" I'm not better than anyone else. "
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" I'm just a working actor. "
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" A huge part of acting in movies is appetite. You do your best work when you've got a lot of appetite and you really want to embrace something. When you get tired, you don't have that hunger. "
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" I guess I'm not that metrosexual. My bathroom cabinet is hardly overflowing with products. I only really have my stuff for shaving. I can't honestly say I moisturise, though I probably should. "
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" For some people, an event happens and they are thrown into a tabloid feeding ground. "
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" Ultimately, to have a career in movies, to a certain extent, certainly in England, you can't sustain a career in just English movies. "
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" I never wanted to be a movie star. "
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