Quotes by Patrick Wilson

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I try to do as many different roles as the system will allow me. That's the benefit of not being in a giant blockbuster where you're the lead and you get typecast in that kind of role. I am able to slip in or out of a lot of different parts.

Patrick Wilson

Just as we may, through an appalled realization that we were unaware of what was going on in the mind of one we thought we knew, come to wonder how we ever know what another person is thinking or feeling, so too we may, having on some occasion wanted...

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I try to shave at night so my skin has a chance to settle by the early morning call-time.

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With actors like Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Harrison Ford, what made them such icons is that even in dramatic movies, their characters had a sense of humor.

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If somebody wants to go to church because they like the ritual of it and want to sit in silence for a while one time a week, then that's great. If someone wants to go because they believe that God them and Jesus rose after three days, then that's gre...

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The great thing about doing theater is that you get to do it better the next night.

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There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think.

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I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles, and sometimes some of them are meatier than others.

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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.

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When you're playing the good guy, you want to find the dirty parts - and when you're playing the bad guy, you want to find the vulnerability.

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When I look at a character, whether he's good or bad, one scene or 10 scenes, I just have to find my way in.

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In a normal movie, you'd never see one guy talk for an entire page, whether good or bad.

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I like it when my wife is in her jeans, with very little makeup. But, I also appreciate the range - the different ways she can look. The moment she walks out all dressed up and... whoa! That's always good.

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The way you deal with a scare is the way you deal with a laugh. The timing has to be perfect. When you're dealing with fear or laughter - emotions that happen spontaneously - you hope it's working. But in the moment, you really have no idea.

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There are a lot of Christian fundamentalists; there are a lot of Muslim extremists. Every religion - Mormonism - has something way on the side that's completely using the religion as some weird backbone for their twisted faith. It has nothing to do w...

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A heroic nature is very Greek.

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I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.

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If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.

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I love to go to casinos with my wife. I play poker, and she's an old-fashioned slot queen. She even has a visor.

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I love making movies, but there's nothing like being in front of an audience.

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You're defined by your older brothers' or sisters' music.

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