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I used to hang out at karaoke bars all the time. It was the most fun you could have when you had no money.

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Hang, Could, Had, Bars

I only scream and scratch when something's only 'really good' or 'good', I want to be great, or let's go home.

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Want, Go, Go Home, Scratch

People find themselves in ruts all the time. You're in a complacent lifestyle where you work 9 to 5 and then you add a mortgage and kids. You feel trapped, but guess what, brother? You constructed that life. If you're OK with it, there's nothing wrong with that. But if you've got unease, then you've got to make a change.

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Life, Feel, Got, Complacent

Not every actor gives their life to do this job. Some just do it as a job. Well, it's my life.

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Life, My Life, Some, Just Do It

You have to wait for a big star to come in and generate interest on a project, and now that has become me, which is an amazing blessing.

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Wait, Big, Which, Generate

I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties.

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Through, Like, Subtleties, Repressed

I love the idea of going to work and having to fight and learn a new skill set, whether it's muay Thai or Kali or Filipino stick fighting. To me, it's like college for life.

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Love, College, New, Filipino

I was very shy when I was younger. But I did have a terrible temperament. I would get angry very quickly, but the rest of the time I was this big goofball, playing the drums in a band and making out with girls.

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Rest, Big, Very, Goofball

I need to react to a script, to feel strongly about it in some way. And I need it to be a complex character for sure. And also, I think a lot about what kind of audience there is for the film, what they're looking for and ways to connect with them in the playing of a character.

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Some, I Think, About, Complex Character

I love my small town, and I love going back there and supporting the community. But I could not have stayed there. No way.

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Love, Small, Town, Supporting

The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play songs with other people, but for me it's a form of expression that all I need is me. I don't need cameras or agents, I can just have a piano and sing and feel totally verified.

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Play, Other, Very, Verified

I'm consciously aware, specifically with the comic book world, where there's a built-in fanbase. But, there's a little bit of leniency because there are a couple different universes.

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Book, Couple, Little Bit, Comic Book

I will never be in the stock market. It's just gambling. I'm a gambler, but I'll gamble on the practicality of things.

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Gambling, Will, Gamble, Practicality

Building a house is like producing a movie. There's no right way to do it but a lot of wrong ways. You have to be flexible and creative. You have to move fast, be prepared - or it quickly becomes costly.

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Movie, Like, Move, Right Way

I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics.

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Think, Leading, Really, Leading Man

There is nothing new, from Greek mythology to Shakespeare to every romcom ever made, we're just reimagining the same 12 story plots over and over again - so what makes people keep watching and listening? It's all about the character.

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Character, Watching, About, Plots

I do music because I can just pick up my guitar and sing, and completely satisfy, instant gratification. I don't need a script, I don't people, I don't need anything, cameras, I just have myself and my guitar, or keyboard.

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Need, Keyboard, Satisfy, Gratification

When I was growing up, I wasn't taught how to feel or communicate feelings.

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Growing Up, Growing, How, Feelings

I have a bad sweet tooth. I'm pretty good when I have to eat well for work, but otherwise, I could eat a whole roll of raw cookie dough.

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Bad, Pretty, Otherwise, Dough

In the 'Hurt Locker' there's a lot of me in there, a sense of humor, a man of few words and a lot of action.

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Humor, Sense Of Humor, Lot, Locker

Architecture and building is about how you get around the obstacles that are presented to you. That sometimes determines how successful you'll be: How good are you at going around obstacles?

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Obstacles, Sometimes, Going, Presented

I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place. I never want to be part of something like that, where there's an agenda there that's not about telling a story, where its someone getting on a soapbox and preaching their own beliefs onto somebody.

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I Think, Telling, Soapbox, Agenda

Accents can be a great tool to tell a story - but if you do it wrong, it pulls you right out of the movie.

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Tell, Movie, Accents, Tool

I guess I just have one of those resting faces that makes me look like I want to beat you up.

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Resting, Want, Like, Faces

The most experience I had in the criminology field is playing a thug as an actor. That was my first paid job. The police academy at the college was paying people to reenact the calls that potential cops would get. So I got to play thugs and people who were unruly.

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College, Play, Cops, Thugs

I lived by the candlelight for two years because I couldn't afford power. It was nice and romantic at the time, but if you can't afford power you're pretty broke. You endure it.

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Two, Pretty, Broke, Candlelight

The star thing, the celebrity thing, is new to me.

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Celebrity, New, Star, Celebrity Thing

I think it's great to be a part of a franchise that is successful. Any franchise is successful because it's a continuation and people have seen it.

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Think, I Think, Franchise, Successful

I'll take any risk there is.

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Take, Any, Risk

Other people can think ahead all they want. I just focus on the task at hand and try to move on.

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Think, Other, Move, Move On

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