Ethan Canin Quotes
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I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty.
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That's all gone, now, the old, Hollywood.
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Coming in and out of Hollywood for pilot season, I may have to thicken my accent or hear that, physically, I'm not Latino. I not only am, but there's another 50,000 people who look exactly like me.
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The film industry is mostly about unidimensional characters.
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Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.
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I'm not a party guy, and I'm not a Hollywood guy, either.
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All of my characters are less than perfect.
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I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.
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I was really surprised when I was told that my grandmother did not come to see me till a month after my birth. I was born seven years after my only sister Chandranshu, and my birth was a big disappointment for her.
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I didn't even understand the whole idea of Hollywood.
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Often Hollywood crews go into third world countries and I don't believe they behave well.
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Myself and David, we both love art. We have a lot of respect for Damien Hirst and Julian Schnabel, and we've met them both, and they're very interesting characters. I also have a lot of respect for the working women out there. As you know, it's not easy when you're looking after children and you have a career as well.
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In Hollywood, there is no bigger commitment you can make than to a TV series. Even marriages pale in comparison. Marriages don't require signing iron-clad multiyear contracts. At least, most first marriages don't.
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They spend an awful lot of money on I-don't-know-what in Hollywood movies; I certainly didn't get any of it. But they sure do love spending money.
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In Hollywood I thought I was large and klutzy, like the characters I played.
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Everyone has a warped vision of Hollywood and what success in Hollywood is like.
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I majored in theater at San Diego State. My one eye was on football, and my other eye was on Hollywood.
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I think the three Mexican directors that came before me did a very good job in Hollywood because they came in and started directing things like 'Harry Potter.'
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Interviews are good if you want to be an actor because they raise your profile.
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Before the camera, you only had secondhand takes - someone had to tell you what they saw or draw a picture of it or sing a song. Because of the camera, sometimes to our horror, we now know everything that happens in the world - things that before we were sheltered from.
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Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?
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I have a beautiful wife and two beautiful children, and every day I am paid to do what I love.
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People are surprised when Hollywood characters act the way a real person would.
