Liev Schreiber
American actor
Acting – it’s also the best, though.
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A really bad film for no money: the director had no idea what he was doing and I was wondering: why am I here?
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2021 source ↗
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Either shredding duck in a Chinese restaurant, or Oblivion.
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I have been pretty terrible in quite a lot of terrible things.
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When I was a teenager I worked as a lifeguard, and one of our duties was to clean the showers. It essentially involved cleaning people’s pubes from the drain.
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A ring I bought at Reinstein Ross for myself after a big break-up. It was kind of shallow.
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Real love feels like freedom.
I would have skipped the time my daughter was nine to 13, when I was in a toxic relationship.
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