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You learn history in school, and you have a reverential feeling toward it. But by being irreverent, it feels current.

Benjamin Walker

I’d consider myself a flailing comedy writer.
BENJAMIN WALKER

Comedy Flailing
If it doesn’t feel like a job and I’m learning something and getting that rush that I get, I don’t care if it’s behind a camera, on a TV set, or on the moon.
BENJAMIN WALKER

Jobs Learning Moon Something
I only play projects with weird interpretations of presidents.
BENJAMIN WALKER

Play President Project
Every job is an opportunity to be a better person.
BENJAMIN WALKER

Better Jobs Opportunity Person
I thought I was going to be a ballet dancer for awhile there. I had a good teacher at Interlochen, this arts’ academy in Michigan, who taught me the importance of storytelling, and I really responded to that. It seemed like a long shot, but I always play the long odds.
BENJAMIN WALKER

Art Odds Teacher
You think of George Washington, this man who was larger than life, and in some ways he was. But at the same time, he’s just a person.
BENJAMIN WALKER

Men Thinking Way
New Orleans in an amazing town.
BENJAMIN WALKER

New Orleans Towns
Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.
BENJAMIN WALKER

Artist Creative Jobs Juices
You never can take for granted that you have a job.
BENJAMIN WALKER

Granted Jobs Take
I went to Julliard and we did a lot of mask work there, and I remember thinking in class, ‘When am I ever going to use this?
BENJAMIN WALKER

Class Thinking Use
I’m just looking for things to steal [on working with great actors]. It’s like going back to acting school. When you’re around people that do it well and you get your head out of your ass, you can really learn something.
BENJAMIN WALKER

Acting People School
Even the greatest actors have had dry spells where they’ve wondered if they were going to work again.
BENJAMIN WALKER

Actors Dry Going Work
You learn history in school, and you have a reverential feeling toward it. But by being irreverent, it feels current.
BENJAMIN WALKER

Current Feelings School
People are still people, and they make their decisions based on their life experiences and their beliefs. You really can’t divorce the two. It’s important to fight against stereotypes and oversimplifications in very complex people.
BENJAMIN WALKER

Bases Divorce Fighting People Two
My dad is kind of a rascal, like in a Dickensian sense. He just goes from career to career.
BENJAMIN WALKER

Career Dad Kind
Don’t trust somebody that don’t have a troubled period.
BENJAMIN WALKER

Periods Troubled Trust

You learn history in school, and you have a reverential feeling toward it. But by being irreverent, it feels current.

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