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" Sometimes, people aren't as consciously aware of their decisions as they should be. "

Timothy Olyphant

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" 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. "

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" The last time I was in a Marshals' office, they had a poster of 'Justified' up. I asked them, 'Did you know I was coming by, so you put up a poster of the show?' And they said, 'Oh, we all love it... you guys make us look good.' I thought, this is great. If they like it, we really did something here. "

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" 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.' "

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" I'd like to think I'm a little more easygoing than the character on 'Deadwood,' without question. "

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" Being an actor: that's a pretty big net. That's a big playing field. The Screen Actors' Guild is filled with many, many, many, many people and vastly different careers. "

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" Sharks will scare me. I went out to Malibu a couple of weeks ago. Beautiful, clear day, out in five feet of water, going to surf, and there was this big ol' freakin' leopard shark... I'm looking at him and I'm thinking, 'OK, he won't hurt me.' "

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" My survival skills are very good for Hollywood. Beyond that, I'm not really sure. "

Timothy Olyphant

" People love to be scared. I guess it's a primal deal. "

Timothy Olyphant

" 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. "

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" 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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" On 'Justified', we're driving all around Southern California trying to find a location that we can call Kentucky. "

Timothy Olyphant

" 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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" 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. "

Timothy Olyphant

" 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 think at this point in my life, I'd like to play more good guys than bad guys. "

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" 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? "

Timothy Olyphant

" I punch a lot of guys on set. It's much easier than in real life as your hands don't hurt afterwards. The key is that you miss. "

Timothy Olyphant

" 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. "

Timothy Olyphant

" It's great if a pilot starts off great and if it doesn't start off so great it's not that big a deal: everybody's baby is born ugly. But you want to know, if given the opportunity: Where are we going? What's the story we're trying to tell? "

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" Honestly, I feel like I spent the last 10 years just trying to work, just get my hands on the best material I could. I'd like to say that it was quite calculated and genius, my ability to take one step forward and two steps back. "

Timothy Olyphant

" My roles don't centre around drugs at all! Shadiness is different - it's drama. We're making movies! You've gotta have conflict. "

Timothy Olyphant

" It's fun when your kids reach a point where you can actually start talking about things. "

Timothy Olyphant

" I remember years ago being on the set of 'Dreamcatcher' and not only did I have such great admiration for Morgan Freeman and was just thrilled to be around him, I was struck by the fact that he seemed to be having perhaps more fun than I was at his job. And I thought, 'Well, that's very promising.' "

Timothy Olyphant

" I know the difference between someone coming up to you on the street and saying, 'Hey, you're that dude, right. Yes, that's what I thought,' and somebody coming up and saying, 'Big fan of the show. Big fan of that character.' And that's nice. You're out there telling stories, you're hoping to find an audience, and it's very appreciated. "

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" 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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" The challenge in any kind of storytelling, as far as I know, it is, you're looking for the moment that is completely unexpected, but at the same time, you think to yourself, 'Of course, that's the only way it could have gone.' It has to feel like it's the truth of it. "

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" 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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" 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.' "

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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. "

Timothy Olyphant

" I had a Dan Fouts Nike poster with 'The Bomb Squad' on my wall as a kid. I was also a huge Larry Bird fan. One of my proudest art achievements is a papier-mache eagle decked out head-to-toe in Celtics gear. "

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