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"If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors."
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"Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be like."


"And I think it is the genius of actors to be able to escape whatever people are expecting of them. Otherwise you become like a factory worker."


"If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors."


"But when you work with the director and the real person who is playing opposite you, it changes everything. You are almost in a working session. I was very comfortable, and that's maybe what helped me to get the part."


"Before, I was so stupid. But, you know, when you have friends who died on the street, you say, okay, let's calm down. It's not the kind of energy I want to have in life. I want to go slower, and longer."


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