I only play projects with weird interpretations of presidents.
BENJAMIN WALKERIf 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.
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I’d consider myself a flailing comedy writer.
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Even the greatest actors have had dry spells where they’ve wondered if they were going to work again.
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My dad is kind of a rascal, like in a Dickensian sense. He just goes from career to career.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Every job is an opportunity to be a better person.
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Maybe I’m naive, but I subscribe to the idea that nobody is actually making strategic decisions about their career. Trying to do that would be like playing three-card monte on Canal Street.
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You never can take for granted that you have a job.
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Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.
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New Orleans in an amazing town.
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You know, 1% of us is in the armed forces, protecting the other 99, and they’re all volunteers.
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Don’t trust somebody that don’t have a troubled period.
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You learn history in school, and you have a reverential feeling toward it. But by being irreverent, it feels current.
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