Patrick Wilson Quotes
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It's very hard to maintain focus in the gym.
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I try to do as many different roles as the system will allow me. That's the benefit of not being in a giant blockbuster where you're the lead and you get typecast in that kind of role. I am able to slip in or out of a lot of different parts.
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In a normal movie, you'd never see one guy talk for an entire page, whether good or bad.
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Emasculation does seem to be a theme in the roles that I choose.
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I don't like being lied to.
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The great thing about doing theater is that you get to do it better the next night.
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A heroic nature is very Greek.
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You're defined by your older brothers' or sisters' music.
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There are a lot of Christian fundamentalists; there are a lot of Muslim extremists. Every religion - Mormonism - has something way on the side that's completely using the religion as some weird backbone for their twisted faith. It has nothing to do with their religion.
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The way you deal with a scare is the way you deal with a laugh. The timing has to be perfect. When you're dealing with fear or laughter - emotions that happen spontaneously - you hope it's working. But in the moment, you really have no idea.
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I'm an early-morning owl.
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When you're playing the good guy, you want to find the dirty parts - and when you're playing the bad guy, you want to find the vulnerability.
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If I ever get looks on the street, which, for the record, is almost never, it's rarely because they think I'm someone they saw in a movie. More often someone sees me and thinks, 'Hey, was that guy my waiter the other night?'
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When I look at a character, whether he's good or bad, one scene or 10 scenes, I just have to find my way in.
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I don't know if I have any feelings about psychics. I never really met any.
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For me, I always have to establish a reality for the character. In very actor-y terms, you just have to understand his reality.
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There's such an immediate intimacy with film that you just don't get in theater.