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Karl Urban

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Karl Urban, born on June 7, 1972, is a renowned actor from New Zealand. He is known for his exceptional performances in films and television, particularly for his role as Captain Spock in the 'Star Trek' series, which has gained him global recognition.

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“I'll need every ounce that I have to drive it through. Film and TV require that energy. Sometimes fight scenes can be pretty intense. When I was shooting "Heaven" it was truly guerrilla film-making.”

Needs Sometimes Film Fighting Energy Heaven Tvs Scene Intense Shooting Guerrillas Guerrilla Warfare

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“I like the timeframe involved in being an actor.”

Actors Involved

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“I love fishing and surfing, and I work out every day.”

Work Out Fishing Surfing

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“I was a fan of the 'Dredd' comics when I was a teenager.”

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“If I read a script and find it engaging and I start making choices in my mind on how to approach the work, than that's a good indication that it is something worth pursuing.”

Ifs Mind Choices Approach Scripts Engaging Indication Making Choices

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“When you work so hard on making a film, it's all worthwhile when you get to experience seeing that film with an audience who thoroughly enjoy it and react to the movie.”

Hard Film Enjoy Audience Seeing Worthwhile

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“Invest in yourself. It's like being a boxer, you've got to be in training so that when the bell rings, you get your direction you come out of the corner and you're *ready*. Do not let the audition be the first thing you've done in six months.”

Firsts Done Ready Months Six Training Corners Rings Bells Auditions Six Months Boxers Invest In Yourself

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“I've turned down a lot of stuff. I've read several scripts and said "That's not me, I'm not interested in doing that." It's got to be something that inspires me and captures my imagination. I want to be able to say "There's a challenge.".”

Want Said Book Able Reading Stuff Imagination Challenges Inspire Scripts Capture Not Interested My Imagination Books And Reading Turned Down

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“When you pick up a script and you can't stop reading it because it's a real page-turner, that's a good sign.”

Real Reading Pages Picks Scripts Turner

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“One of the crazy things about our job is that we get taught these insane skills that we could never use in real life.”

Real Use Jobs Crazy Taught Skills Real Life Insane Crazy Things

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“Sometimes it's nice to know that what you've done has been appreciated.”

Knows Has Beens Sometimes Done Nice Appreciated

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“I would think, as an actor, it's just much more fun to be the bad guy.”

Thinking Guy Actors Fun Bad Guys

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“If I can find something that I haven't done before, then that is an immediate...it peaks my interest.”

Ifs I Can Done Interest Havens

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“Moon Bloodgood is so dedicated, and I was impressed with her dedication. She was put into some grueling situations - cold, freezing, thrown into mud puddles, cold mountains and she didn't complain once. A lot of actresses would have said, 'Ok, that's a half-hour reset for my hair and make-up' and she didn't; she stuck with it.”

Said Hours Half Situation Hair Cold Moon Mountain Actresses Complaining Stuck Thrown Dedicated Dedication Impressed Mud Half Hours Freezing Puddles Reset Cold Mountain Mud Puddles

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“Russell Means is quite a legend in the Indian community for what he's been able to achieve. It was a real honor to work with a guy who's been on the front lines of fighting for what he believes in.”

Believe Mean Real Able Guy Fighting Community Lines Achieve Fronts Honor Indian Legends

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“A lot of the ancient Norse myths and legends are the basis of a lot of the sci-fi, fantasy films out there. Telling these stories in a contemporary medium, it's all good.”

Stories Film Fantasy Bases Ancient Myth Contemporary Mediums Legends Sci Fi Norse Fantasy Films

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“I just really hope that Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema can resolve all their differences. I'm hoping that's going to happen, but we'd have to wait and see. I would love to explore Middle Earth again with Peter.”

Happens Earth Waiting Differences Lines Middle Cinema Resolve Peter Middle Earth

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“I've got a New Zealand film coming out here called Out of the Blue. It's a very heavy story, and it's the first time I've played a character who is alive.”

Firsts Character Stories Film Alive First Time Blue Heavy Coming Out New Zealand

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“I've always wanted to do a Western.”

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“There's only so much you can do until you get on set and see the aesthetics of what you're dealing with. Then you see what the other players are giving to you. It's all about the transfer of energy between different actors.”

Giving Different Actors Energy Can Do Player Aesthetic Aesthetics Transfers

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“When I work, I try to eat as much vegetarian as possible. When I do Cupid, I eat vegetarian because I need the energy. I've got those wings on my back.”

Needs Trying Energy Wings Vegetarian Cupid

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“There's only so much artistic output that I can actually expel at any one given time.”

I Can Given Artistic Output

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“That is a big danger, losing your inspiration. When I work in film and television I try to do each take a little differently. I never want to do the same thing twice, because then you're not being spontaneous, you're just recreating something.”

Want Trying Littles Bigs Inspiration Film Danger Television Losing Spontaneous Film And Television

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“I did a little theatre work after that and the following year I got another part in a television series. Then it was almost to the end of the year before I got more work. That was coming to terms with the reality of the vocation I had chosen.”

Years Littles Ends Reality Term Television Series Following Theatre Chosen Vocation

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“I am in awe, in admiration of the man who Gaius Julius Caesar was. I don't actually do him as the man himself. He is maybe a distant relative. It's hard to approach the real man because he is such an awesome icon.”

Men Real Hard He Man Approach Awe Admiration Relative Icons Real Men Julius

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“That's always an interesting concept when you try to make your dream into a reality and you come up against the facts of exactly what it is you're attempting to do.”

Trying Facts Dream Reality Interesting Concepts Come Up Your Dreams Attempting

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“I decided to have a regular childhood and not pursue [acting] until I left school, although I wrote plays, directed plays, and got involved in theatre at school. When I left school I decided that's that I was going to pursue and gave it a crack.”

Play School Left Acting Childhood Involved Decided Theatre Pursue Cracks

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“It was always something I knew I was capable of and from an early age my mother was involved in the film industry. She used to work at a production company. So I was exposed to a renaissance period of films in New Zealand back in the early 80's.”

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“I don't see a benefit in accepting every single little morsel of work that comes along because I think in essence what you're doing is you're raping yourself really.”

Thinking Littles Accepting Benefits Essence

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“I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.”

Believe Support Wife Don't Believe My Wife

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“My philosophy is whatever you do, you've got to invest in yourself. If you don't, there are a lot of people out there who will get the job because they're more prepared than you.”

People Ifs Philosophy Jobs Prepared Invest In Yourself

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“Nothing beats a great smile.”

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“Yeah, I played video games on and off for quite a few years. I played Doom and was a fan of the game and that was my prime reason for doing the film.”

Years Reason Film Games Fans Yeah Video Prime Doom And Off

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Born: June 7, 1972
Known for: Actor
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