Liev Schreiber Quotes
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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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My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election.
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If you fall in love with somebody you're working with, fine, but wait till your project is over.
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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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You know, I have a deep, deep affinity for Dr. Seuss.
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I think New York will always be this incredible international crossroads, and I don't think that will ever change.
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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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The guy who kind of broke the story in 'Spotlight' was a priest, the guy who had sort of done all the research. One of the things he said when one of the 'Spotlight' reporters asked him how he could still remain a Catholic, he said that, 'My faith is in the eternal, and the church is an organization.'
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A lot of times in Hollywood you're as good as your last job.
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You hear different things from different people, and they're all valid: they're all valuable. I think that's what comprises a performance is all those ideas.
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I really never thought I was that good at film. And honestly still don't. My strength is language. My background is monologues and a certain kind of Brechtian spin on theater.
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That's one of the benefits of working on big budget films. You work with people who have a lot of experience and you get to learn a lot.
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Style, no matter how outrageous it is, is still an expression of someone's personality. And my personality is somewhere stuck in the classics.
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I remember finding 'Harold and Maude' strangely erotic. I've always had an octogenarian fetish.
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You should never ask actors about politics.
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I live with an 18-month-old Jack Russell named Chicken. He moved in about 15 months ago, and it was very hard at first because I work a lot and he doesn't.
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I love having that creative discussion where, at the end of the day, you both feel better for having done it. Maybe it's a typically Jewish thing, where you sort of go at each other.
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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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The best gig is the one you've got.
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The worst bar fights I ever saw were in London. I saw a guy break a pint glass in another guy's face in a club in the Eighties. It was a gay club, too.
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Theater is consistent. You ride your bike to work. You get most of the day off so you can see your kids. My problem is that after three months, I go mad. One of the reasons I never thought I could do a TV show is that I hate doing the same thing over and over again.
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I really don't think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood.
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I am so used to being able to express myself from being an actor. So when people don't understand me, I'm just completely lost.
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I think that everything I've ever done at some point is part of someone else's legacy.