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“Every job is different. I don't think that I've ever had that wonderful feeling when you've finished a job or where you feel like you've mastered it or sort of nailed it... You can never be satisfied. If you're satisfied, it's time to retire.”

Alfred Molina

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I love working fast. I don't relish the director who wants to do 25 to 30 takes, or the actors who insist on doing 25 or 30 takes.

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Character actors aren't a brand in the same way that high-profile leading men are.

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Even at drama school if there was a part of some eastern European thug it would be me.

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Playing villains is very liberating because unlike the leading man, nothing is expected of you. Leading men have to look good, they have to…

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I'm not qualified to do anything else. So there better be another job. I'm kind of stuck now. I'm enjoying my life and I'm…

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I've worked with actors who treat the first two takes like rehearsals. And that's okay. If the camera is on you and we're doing…

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My father was a waiter basically, and when I got my first professional job as an actor, I left a job that he found…

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To be challenged means to strive. I'm almost certain that's true.

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