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Famous Quotes By Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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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.". — Karl Urban

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I've always wanted to do a Western. — Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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Now I'm this far up the ladder and I've got so much farther to go with what I want to achieve with it. — Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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

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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. — Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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I never envisioned when I was reading that comic as a 17-year-old that I would have the opportunity to actually play the character. — Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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I'm high energy. — Karl Urban

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Sometimes it's nice to know that what you've done has been appreciated. — Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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

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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. — Karl Urban

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There's only so much artistic output that I can actually expel at any one given time. — Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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I love fishing and surfing, and I work out every day. — Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife. — Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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I like the timeframe involved in being an actor. — Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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I was a fan of the 'Dredd' comics when I was a teenager. — Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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It's such a small industry here you inevitably end up working with the same people over and over again. There are only so many actors to go around, which is good for us. — Karl Urban

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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. — Karl Urban

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Nothing beats a great smile. — Karl Urban