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Quotes by Actor

"My friends say, 'Man you're going to have kids sleeping on pillowcases with your face on it! You're going to be on toothbrushes and magnets and stuff.' I guess now that I'm a dad, I'm thrilled about that."


"Books don't exist unless you read them. And it's a two way process - you write the book as you read it and you fill in the gaps. You discover it and you put the marks together and without you doing it they're just marks."

"I was very, very large as a kid and never athletic, and my home life was a little upside down and I never felt comfortable."

"It takes a very strange person to enjoy fame, with all the by-products that come with it. It's not necessarily a thrill."
Fame,


"I loved Old School. I thought Old School was very different than a lot of the comedies that had come out. And that character I liked. I tried to ground him very much in reality and play him very much finding things important to him that are somewhat ridiculous."

"Proving yourself in a field where the casualty rate is so notoriously high is an ongoing challenge."

"Acting is like roller skating. Once you know how to do it, it is neither stimulating nor exciting."

"You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it."

"I only went a year to high school. I should have been in high school, but I was in a band, and when you're successful doing that - well, you aren't too likely to go back."


"Asylum was good exposure for me and it is still shown quite often on television. I remember the special effects people had fun making a little doll that looked like me - which is not so easy - and it had to move along the floor."

"When you're playing an icon like Wolverine, it's sometimes better to be someone that nobody knows because they don't know what to expect. I don't mind a little bit of anonymity; it helps on the subway."
Mind,

"I walk into rooms and I don't know why I'm there. I'm like, 'Why am I standing in front of the toilet now?'"
Now,

"I think that you make the best choice with the information that you have before you at that given time."

"I have a greater appreciation for kitchen appliances, having played one."

"I don't want people to see me - I want them to see Jesus."

"If you had ever heard my album you would know that I could never consider the music business!"

"It really doesn't matter whether it's the villain or the hero. Sometimes the villain is the most colorful. But I prefer a part where you don't know what he is until the end."
End,

"We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community's vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of disease and injury but eliminate them."

"It wasn't the greatest script in the world, but not many people can say they've played a wicked king in a swashbuckling Arthurian special-effects monster movie."

"When I was twenty-two it was a lot harder to get hurt by women. It was easier for me to, you know, cheat on a girlfriend. I can't lie like that anymore."

"People do more important jobs than acting in film that should be recognised, but for some reason it's big money, so people are elevated in status. If I was a bus driver, I'm sure you wouldn't be interviewing me."
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