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FASSY QUOTES! FROM SHARP MAGAZINE.

HERE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES FROM THE JUNE 2012 ISSUE OF ‘SHARP’

ON DOING A ROMANTIC COMEDY:

“I don’t know about romantic comedies. I mean if it’s the right script…I just find they are so formulaic, and the characters tend to be kind of boring, and it’s a very black-and-white scenario. There’s the good guy and then there’s the devious boyfriend who she shouldn’t be with, and then he gets found out and then the good guy comes to the rescue; it’s like, blah, blah, blah. I enjoy well-written scripts, that’s what it’s all about. And a good director, and characters that are just properly rounded out.”

ON PROMOTING HIS FILMS:

“I’ve been spending a lot of time in airports and hotel rooms. It’s interesting because this is all part of work, so it’s obviously a part and parcel of trying to get the film out there and get people to see it. But it’s weird, I’m used to working on a product and then the product comes out, as opposed to selling the product.”

THE PROMETHEUS EXPERIENCE:

“You’ve got somebody like Ridley Scott, obviously a master director, and then you’ve got this character to play, so you want to make sure that you’re serving the story, you are serving the director, you’re serving the other actors, and that you’re bringing something interesting, that’s it’s not one-dimensional, two-dimensional, all the things which are the other acting problems.”

WHY HE PREFERS MOTORBIKES:

“I like the freedom of being on a bike; when you are in a car, you are in a box, so you are protected, whereas all the elements are there on a motorcycle, the road is there, the wind, everything; it’s much more of an experience.”

TRAVELING ACROSS EUROPE BY MOTORBIKE LAST SUMMER:

“It was the sixth film in 20 months and I thought ‘okay, I need to take a break now, and go back to reality and the real world and draw from that.’ And so going along the road, mile by mile, you just feel like you are washing away the previous work. Each place was amazing. It was the first time I’d been to Bosnia and Croatia. That was amazing, and then we managed to get a sailboat around the coast and visit the islands. That was stunning. And Italy, I really enjoyed Italy, just the experience of eating [laughs].”

ALL THE AWARDS!:

“I try not to take the awards too seriously because it is such a subjective medium. It’s not like sports where somebody either crosses the finishing line first, or wins in a point system or whatever else.”

“You start off at the beginning like, ‘This doesn’t mean anything, it’s a joke, keep it light, the work is the work.’ But it starts to sort of seep into you, and so then when I found out that I wasn’t nominated, of course I was upset. But again, that’s my ego and my vanities. So you sort of go, ‘Well, this is okay, you’ve got to keep that under control anyway,’ and then you move on.”

WHAT HE DOES TO STAY IN SHAPE:

“I try and keep somewhat fit. Usually it’s just mainly cardio stuff, like jump rope, using my own body weight as opposed to weights. Heavy bag, focus mitts, pretty much boxing-related exercise.”

I JUST THOUGHT THIS WAS CUTE:

“I like O Brother, Where Art Thou. I remember going into the cinema one day and I was pretty down and I think it was a pretty gloomy day outside, and I went to see that and I came out with a nice spring in my step and then the sun was shining.”

AND I JUST REALLY LIKED THIS:

“I think that most of us are relatively good people and do good things, but we also have done things that aren’t so positive. So it’s just more interesting, as a viewer going to the cinema, to be somewhat active in the experiences as opposed to just putting popcorn in my mouth and sort of going through the motions.”

Jul

2012

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