Liev Schreiber Quotes
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I have the kind of face that people want to punch.
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I have Slavic fat pads that make me look like a chipmunk and arched predatory eyebrows. With that, you're not going to get funny. That's why I play so many bad guys.
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I'm someone who started in the theater and really couldn't stand repeating the show. My favorite part of acting is the five or six weeks of rehearsal that you get. I like doing previews; I like the opening week because my friends and family come, and then after that, I don't want to do it anymore.
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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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Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history.
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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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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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You always have to create the character from the ground up.
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We have to remember to respect the faith of people and maybe not the organizations or the groups that manifest around it.
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The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don't really think about it as a regular person.
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I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is.
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The interesting thing about doing serial television is that the character is growing separate from you, the character and the show are growing, and you get to observe that and participate with it in a way that I think is actually really exciting for an actor.
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The premise for me has always been that it's vulnerable people who do violent things. And the more vulnerable they feel, often, the more violent they are. But I think, you know, that's an idea that comes from history, from classical theater, for me.
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I manage to hide in my movies.
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I'm not that interested in working with impervious people.
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I love my mother and father. The older I get, the more I value everything that they gave me.
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Well, I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters.
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Every girl I've gone out with has said something to me first.
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Film is such a bizarre vehicle for acting. It's such a bizarre experience. I don't think you ever really get familiar with it. If you do get familiar with it, you're probably not that good anymore.
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There's nothing more exciting than that conversation you have with a live audience. It's the best feeling in the world.
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If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic.
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I had great teachers, great ensembles, and great companies to work with who supported my career.
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I'm actually a very bad surfer, which is good because everybody likes a bad surfer. Nobody likes a good surfer.
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I get panic attacks in big crowds.