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" The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don't really think about it as a regular person. "
Liev Schreiber
Act
Funny
Jewish
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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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" During 'Manchurian Candidate' - that role originated with Laurence Harvey, and I studied everything he did. I would never be able to reproduce that performance, but I got a lot of ideas from watching it. "
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" Every girl I've gone out with has said something to me first. "
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" That's really how I got started was doing Shakespeare. When I got out of school, I was lucky enough to meet George Wolfe, who ran The Public Theater. "
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" Everyone assumes that novelists are smarter and more interesting. They're generally smarter and more interesting, but they're often very short. So it kind of cancels all the smart and interesting stuff out. "
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" It's good to overexpose yourself with work. But don't expose yourself too much with the press. "
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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 have the kind of face that people want to punch. "
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Kind
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" You always have to create the character from the ground up. "
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" I've got nothing against L.A. I think it is a really beautiful place. To be able to surf and get out in the Pacific Ocean every once in a while. The hiking, all of that is amazing. I love it there. "
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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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" No offense to the Canadians, but I believe location is like a character, and authenticity really matters. When you're in a place like New York or D.C., you just can't beat it, and it's so hard to recreate because they are both such distinctive places. I think it's pretty easy these days to tell films that are shot in Toronto. "
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" You'd think true masculinity was just calm and collected happiness. So alpha male that it needs not or worries not. But typically masculine characters are always fighting, and most violence comes from some agitated level of fear and anxiety. "
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" I manage to hide in my movies. "
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Hide
" I think New York will always be this incredible international crossroads, and I don't think that will ever change. "
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" I did some research into what was going on in terms of the sexual revolution that was happening in the '60s in the gay community and particularly in the drag world. Before the '60s, guys doing drag would dress like their mothers or iconic Hollywood actresses. "
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World
Dress
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" I get panic attacks in big crowds. "
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Big
Attacks
" Home is New York. "
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New
Home
New York
" I'm not that interested in working with impervious people. "
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Interested
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" Everyone says villains are thankless parts, but those are really the best roles. "
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Best
Villains
Everyone
" 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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" I'm a typically lazy person. It is sort of characteristic of actors. "
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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 had great teachers, great ensembles, and great companies to work with who supported my career. "
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" The best gig is the one you've got. "
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" I was a writer. I just wasn't a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that I'd be a better actor than I would a playwright. "
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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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" I have Slavic fat pads that make me look like a chipmunk and arched predatory eyebrows. With that, you're not going to get funny. That's why I play so many bad guys. "
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" Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history. "
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Sense