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Sharlto Copley, born on November 27, 1973, in Johannesburg, South Africa, is a talented film actor. He gained international recognition for his outstanding performance in the science fiction film 'District 9'. Copley has starred in various films, including 'Elysium' and 'Chappie'. His unique acting style and diverse character choices have won him the admiration of audiences worldwide.

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“My combined experiences, doing different films, has made me very concerned about and interested in how you protect your creative self when the work, by default, is going to be judged by people.”

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“Hopefully, you'll be able to find enough of an audience, each time, that you can keep working, rather than getting caught up in the Hollywood system, which can so quickly become about how much money something makes and how many people went to watch it. It's very alluring. It's such a powerful machine that's playing on you, the whole time.”

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“At the end of the day, all you really have is your own sense of your artistic ability and I've always stuck with that my whole life. I guess there is always a bit of relief that I have and real joy of being able to engage other people who are talented, equally or better than you, and you can work with them.”

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“You're special, if you have some power in the world. People are looking at you and they think you're special.”

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“There are a lot of people that have marginal powers, like a guy who levitates a little bit off the ground, or someone who can breathe a little bit of fire, or someone that can freeze a little bit of something, if it's really close to him, you say, "Well, what do you do with that? How is that useful?" There is so much of it around you and you're seeing it, it becomes the important thing in society.”

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“Different people call me different things. In America, people really struggle with my name, so I don't have a nickname as such. I've had Sharlito, Sheldon, Charldo, really interesting variations on the name.”

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Born: November 27, 1973
Known for: Film actor
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