Clive Owen Quotes
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The idea of goodies and baddies has always fascinated me, and what people consider to be a goodie or a baddie, because I've never seen any of my characters as baddies.
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As a teenager I was crazy about David Bowie. He was a huge inspiration for me. I dressed a little bit crazily in school and dyed my hair every colour under the sun.
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There's not a big gun culture in England at all still.
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I find sometimes that if you do too many takes, it starts to become meaningless to me. It is hard to sustain it for me. I don't want to do too many.
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The financial implode is bound to be reflected in the movies that are being made, there's no question.
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There are a lot of people who go through a lot of tough things, and it doesn't stop them from wanting to be a better parent.
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You come ready to work when you know that you are going to get a couple of gos and it. It kind of galvanizes everything and there is something about it that keeps it very alive.
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I'm a big fan of comedies and dramas, and I watch tons of movies.
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The thing about Hemingway that people forget is that all the stuff he did was at a time where people weren't traveling that much. At 19 he travels to Italy. He goes to the Spanish Civil War. He goes to China, he goes to Africa so at that time to travel that much is really incredible.
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You won't find a better young actor than Jaeden Lieberher. I ended up having one of the best times with him, really. Going to work with him every day was a treat.
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I love to mix it up. I love to keep doing different things.
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I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.
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I'm just constantly trying to renew and give myself new challenges and push myself to uncomfortable places, trying to get better.
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I had to ride a horse once. In 'King Arthur.' I said I could ride, but I had to call for lessons on the day the deal was signed. I started out on this little chunky thing and slowly moved up. It was months of work.
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For me really good acting is about subtext.
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No matter who the character is and how big their role, that each person in the story is a human being and deserves respect. Even if they're in the story for ten seconds, I didn't want you to just see them as this entity passing through that's serving all of the other people.
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As I get older, I've been having a better and better time.
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One of the things I love, more than anything, is jumping around and playing lots of different parts. I love the variety of playing different characters.
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When I was younger, people used to say you only really prove yourself as an actor on stage. And I disagree with that. Some of the finest acting I've ever come across has been for film.
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The worst piece of advice I've gotten in my whole career is from somebody who said, Remember, it's all about likeability.
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There's something to play if there's conflict going on. Whatever that conflict is, that's where drama is; if the character is grappling with something you've got something to play, there's layers to it.
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I was not a very fearful kid, really.
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I always want my options to be open.
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Good dialogue is very important.
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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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One of the views of the [actor's] job is that whatever age you are, there's a role that's about who you are and where you are. There are parts for that age that you can bring things to.
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Audiences can be very judgmental.
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I have a problem with a lot of men's fragrances because they are very strong. Somebody somewhere thinks that masculine means powerful smells, and I find them overbearing and not very pleasant.
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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 think there is a lot of overexplaining both in writing and acting. People don't need to be hit on the head.
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