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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.”
-- Clive Owen
#Thinking #People #Lost Friendship
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“I'm always very aware of the physical challenges of work. I train much more than I did when I was in my twenties, and I've done some very physical films, and I always get properly prepared for them and get as fit as I can.”
-- Clive Owen
#Challenges #Twenties #Done
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“After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo.”
-- Clive Owen
#Drama #School #Europe
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“Something I don't like seeing in other people is naked ambition, when somebody is really pushing hard to get to where they want to be. That's the way I look at that word - like you must be stepping on someone to get there. And I've never been comfortable with that.”
-- Clive Owen
#Ambition #People #Naked
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“I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it.”
-- Clive Owen
#Challenges #Get Better #Trying
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“I'm competitive with myself, not at the expense of everything around me. I never wanted to be a movie star. I just wanted to act.”
-- Clive Owen
#Stars #Movie Star #Expenses
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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
#Family #Inspiring #Parenting
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“As far as career goes, make sure you're in it for the right reasons - and make sure that the work itself is the most important thing.”
-- Clive Owen
#Careers #Important #Reason
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“The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe.”
-- Clive Owen
#Believe #Eye #Body
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“I treat any scene the same - dialogue, action - you're still creating something in character. It's all acting, fighting.”
-- Clive Owen
#Character #Fighting #Creating
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“I'd like to do a film which is funny.”
-- Clive Owen
#Film
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“I was not a very fearful kid, really.”
-- Clive Owen
#Kids #Fearful
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“I would never give anybody any advice about anything.”
-- Clive Owen
#Giving #Advice
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“I always used to say to myself, I'm going to die of lung cancer. That's the choice I'm making.”
-- Clive Owen
#Cancer #Choices #Used
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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.”
-- Clive Owen
#Fighting #Done #Remember
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“I couldn't bear a marriage in which one partner hinges on the other.”
-- Clive Owen
#Bears #Partners
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“I'm sort of one of those weird actors who whenever I do a play, I think, 'Oh, we should film this,' as opposed to have to belt it out of ourselves in a theater auditorium.”
-- Clive Owen
#Thinking #Play #Actors
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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.”
-- Clive Owen
#Clothes #People #Effort
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“There's not a big gun culture in England at all still.”
-- Clive Owen
#Gun #Culture #England
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“There's certainly a huge element of luck in me ending up where I've ended up.”
-- Clive Owen
#Luck #Elements
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“I don't do facials or any of that stuff, but my workout regime does tend to depend on whether I have to take my top off in my next film because otherwise I know I'm too heavy.”
-- Clive Owen
#Workout #Doe #Stuff
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“You're always dealing with emotions as an actor.”
-- Clive Owen
#Actors #Emotion
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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.”
-- Clive Owen
#Real #Book #Numbers
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“I want to go anywhere and everywhere and explore as much as I can.”
-- Clive Owen
#Want
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“Without faith, without belief in something, what are we?”
-- Clive Owen
#Belief
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“I think anybody who bets on horses and says they win is probably a liar.”
-- Clive Owen
#Horse #Liars #Winning
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“I never really look at life and worry about missed opportunities,”
-- Clive Owen
#Opportunity #Worry #Looks
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“The further you run from your sins, the more exhausted you are when they catch up to you.”
-- Clive Owen
#Running #Exhausted #Sin
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“I did it for the money. But its not worth much if you cant face yourself in the mirror. Respect is the ultimate currency.”
-- Clive Owen
#Mirrors #Faces #Currency
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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.”
-- Clive Owen
#Crazy #Teenager #Inspiration
