Barry Eisler
Related I'm very drawn to characters who are very flawed. I'm less interested in characters who are ... RACHEL WEISZ EDWARD NORTON REBECCA HALL I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have som... EMILY BLUNT I'm not a great actor - let's face it. I don't have a great deal of scope. There are cer... STEVE MCQUEEN TUCKER CARLSON I'm drawn to people who find themselves on the outside of things. I'm moved by that in real ... RACHEL JOYCE I'm pretty professional. I'm very aware when I'm not playing well and what I need to imp... DANIEL NESTOR ROBERT ENGLUND GINNIFER GOODWIN I'm a villain. But hey, villains have fans, too. They might have more fans than the heroes, and ... AUSTIN SEFERIAN-JENKINS I'm drawn to melancholy characters. I don't know what that says about me. Characters who are... GARRETT DILLAHUNT RACHEL MADDOW I am a method actor, but I'm also a film actor as well as a method actor. Characters that don... VINCENT D'ONOFRIO TONY VINCENT CONOR MCGREGOR RYAN GOSLING LZ GRANDERSON There have been so many times when I'm sitting next to someone, and I have no idea who they are.... RILEY KEOUGH YO-YO MA PAUL WALKER In general, I think writing characters, no one is 100 percent good or bad, and certainly, the bad ch... DARREN STAR I'm a student of the movies. I'm a student of all media. This is what I do, and I like to im... IAN ZIERING I'm not sure who I am. That's why I keep saying I'm an adventurer that goes out. SHEKHAR KAPUR SAM YAGAN ALAN BALL I guess I'm sort of spoiled because, most of the things that I get to do, people know that you&#... MATT WALSH I do think that I'm not good at making pretty things. It doesn't come so naturally for me. MARLENE DUMAS Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON CARSON DALY What I'm really looking to do is retire undefeated; I'm not sure when the right time to reti... RONDA ROUSEY I get a lot of people saying to me, 'Oh, you're the actor who plays the nutters,' and I&... EDDIE MARSAN I think it's very hard to find a good friend. That's why I'm so lucky to have two sister... KATE UPTON I just want to do good material. If I'm right for it, and it connects with me, and the material ... SAM UNDERWOOD JOEL OSTEEN I think I'm good at looking moody. I'm not much good at analysing myself, but I tend to fit ... MARC WARREN VINCENT CASSEL PATTI SMITH ANITA BROOKNER GAVIN HOOD CARA DELEVINGNE JENNIFER EGAN You know, the best-laid plans of mice and men... I like playing bad guys, and I don't have a pro... TOBIN BELL It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON SIMONE BILES MICHIO KAKU I think people who go out and tell you how much they're gonna change things are the people who e... DARIUS RUCKER KATEE SACKHOFF RACHEL FIELD I'd love to do a comedy. I'm terrified of comedy. I don't think I'm funny, but I gue... JARED PADALECKI Very few people do bad things because they're bad. They generally do bad things because they thi... PAUL GREENGRASS I'm always drawn towards the darker stuff, because I think it's just a lot more interesting.... IWAN RHEON The types of climbing that I choose to do I'm good at justifying. I do really try and pick thing... TOMMY CALDWELL I'm not the type of woman who shows off my body; I'm a vocalist and I'm a writer and I t... JAZMINE SULLIVAN STEVEN TYLER TAYLOR SWIFT JACLYN SMITH Practise things you're good at. Keep on top of things you're not so good at, but be world-cl... BRIAN O'DRISCOLL BERNARD GOLDBERG BOBBY FLAY EMINEM I would love to do comedy, but you have to be phenomenally good. I'm not sure I'm there yet.... ROSE LESLIE I do not think I'm a great talent. I think I'm a medium talent, but I think I understand the... ALEX O'LOUGHLIN I'm not sure why I like cats so much. I mean, they're really cute obviously. They are both w... MICHAEL SHOWALTER I'm not going to do opinion. That's not who I am. CAMPBELL BROWN COMMON LEONARDO DICAPRIO I think I think in the moment. So when I'm in character, I'm in character, and I'm obvio... SACHA BARON COHEN Everybody asks, 'How do you do it?' And I'm like, 'Well, I'm recurring on both s... RENA SOFER I'm not sure why anybody makes a physical CD anymore when the costs are so much lower to just th... CLIFF MARTINEZ PHIL COLLINS LEONARD COHEN I don't know that I'm not normal, because usually, when I tell people the things I do, eithe... GLENN DANZIG SAMANTHA MORTON I think in many ways, I'm sort of a blank canvas, because in many ways, I'm just observing t... DANNY PUDI I'm all for guys being butch and guys being men. I identify with that and appreciate that. But i... KYAN DOUGLAS I think I've kind of been mistaken for somebody who's trying to be a spokesperson for animal... NEKO CASE RYAN GOSLING ANNE M. MULCAHY Anytime I audition for something, it's always a question of whether or not the people I'm au... ADAM PALLY LILLY SINGH KATEE SACKHOFF LADY GAGA LIAM NEESON VERONICA ROTH DANIEL TOSH I'm not an academic; I'm just a bookish Joe who gets passionate about certain writers and su... BLAKE BAILEY I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the sto... KATHY REICHS CARRIE UNDERWOOD I'm an independent artist, but I do have a good business relationship with Lego, since I'm a... NATHAN SAWAYA I like playing characters that are complex, that are intriguing, that come from left field, that do ... PETE POSTLETHWAITE BROOKE SHIELDS It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON JULIANNE MOORE I'm not a super-actorly actor, my-body-is-an-instrument type of person, but I do want to do fun,... PAGET BREWSTER I'm on Twitter. I created my account for my fans, and I do respond back once in a while, because... TAISSA FARMIGA DANICA MCKELLAR I'm not a dark person at all, so those roles are the most challenging. I don't think I'm... CAMILLA BELLE I'm not really sure where it comes from, but every time I meet someone who says 'I really wa... DUSTIN MOSKOVITZ
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Well, I don't feel that I've played so many bad guys, and I'm rot really drawn to villai... 
Some of my acting heroes have built careers on playing characters who do horrendous things - they... 
I do think - I'm sure I'm the lone voice in saying this - that Iran deserves to be annihilat... 
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Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it. 
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