76 Quotes by Ron Livingston

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    Any time you do physical stuff, violence, it is controlled. It’s a little bit like you block the move.

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    If I’m in something funny, I like to try and find some kind of serious line in it that people can relate to.

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    Everybody thinks that actors would be really good at bluffing, but I think it’s a little backward.

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    Good actors, you always know what they’re thinking. That’s why they’re good actors.

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    Really good director sometimes will kind of see what the actors are doing and then get in there. Because there’s the realization that you have to find it a little bit and then kind of clump around and sniff it out.

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    We're all trying to live up to our personal codes, so we relate to people who we see doing the same thing.

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    The first film where I had a speaking role was 'The Low Life,' but I did appear for about three seconds in 'Straight Talk' with Dolly Parton and James Woods. I had a line, and it was cut. It was alright: I got my AEU card anyway.

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