Liev Schreiber Quotes
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I'm kind of an obsessive-compulsive person, like, neat obsessive.
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I'm drawn to people who share that sense of loss. All actors are trying to repair damaged relationships. I think that might be why I've been drawn to other actors.
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Home is New York.
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Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused.
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When my grandpa was moved to physical action, you felt utter terror.
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I find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys.
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Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life.
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I think, the first time I played Iago at the Public Theater, I realized I had a - much to my chagrin - I realized I had an instinct for these conflicted characters, for these torn characters, for these characters who could be described as evil. I wouldn't describe them that way.
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I'm misrepresented as a scary person. I'm not. It's all about my size and my eyebrows.
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I actually loved Winnipeg. Everyone told me I was going to hate it, but it was great.
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I get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women.
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I'm terrible with big parties.
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The skill set for hockey is so specific to skating and if you haven't been skating as a kid it's impossible to play - and I wasn't a skater.
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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.
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I have the kind of face that people want to punch.
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I am very good with dialects, but the two that I can't do for some reason are the South African and Australian.
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I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing and still be somewhat artistic was, god help me, advertising.
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As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong.
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I went to school in Massachusetts at Hampshire College.
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I'm not that interested in working with impervious people.
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I think it's really, really important to mix it up as an actor, to try to get as much kind of varied experience as you can, not only for your own personal growth as an actor but for the audience to keep them guessing about what you're going to do.
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Don't hit people; don't let it get you too angry; remember that everything you do can and will be used against you. And take a breath and have some perspective.
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I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is. I was a little bit different.
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I love my mother and father. The older I get, the more I value everything that they gave me.