Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin.

Ryan Reynolds

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I think a fragrance is more of a signature than even what you wear - something you'll remember more down the road than a shirt.

signatures remember thinking

He has such a clear vision of exactly what he wanted out of each character, out of each set, out of each wardrobe change, out of each emotional beat, and action.

vision emotional character

It's a nice visual. I had just done Blade and I put on more weight for Blade and I thought I might as well use it so I kept it and added a little more. I wanted him to be a big bear.

I run in a pair of New Balances with a thinner sole, but they're nothing like those barefoot shoes that show all five toes. I have a bit of a phobia about those.

shoes balance running

Sometimes it's just enough to keep your body moving. I get depres... by Ryan Reynolds

Sometimes it's just enough to keep your body moving. I get depressed if I don't move.

body sometimes moving

If you want a film and they don't want you, sometimes you have to go fight for it. Sometimes that ends up just being a meeting really, just sitting down with them and just saying here is my vision for it and here is why I really love it. But for the most part, I think filmmakers gravitate towards people that are excited - as excited as they are about the film and as passionate about it. So sometimes going after it isn't so much a function of auditioning as it is just sitting down with the filmmaker.

fighting people thinking

I learned discipline from my father. Not in terms of corporal punishment, but being determined in whatever you do, and sticking with it.

punishment discipline father

I'm a bit of an M&M nut. I like the blue ones. I pick them out. by Ryan Reynolds

I'm a bit of an M&M nut. I like the blue ones. I pick them out.

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This movie [ Buried] is strange, because it's such an extraordinary situation, both as a character and as an actor. Both of us are going through an extraordinary situation at the same time, and it was odd. It was weird not having a co-star to cut away to for the most part. It just forces you to never have a deficit in the performance.

cutting stars character

I believe in energy like dark energies. I believe that when a family moves into a house where six murders took place, there's going to be some bad juju in that house. But then again what the hell is wrong with you to be moving in that house to begin with?

dark believe moving

Making a mix CD - albeit slightly old school - is generally a pretty cool gift and something I like to receive, or giving someone a book that moved you. Writing an inscription inside makes it even better.

writing book school

It's funny, because there are so many stereotypes out there about actors and movie stars in general, but I've had a great opportunity to meet a lot of them, and maybe it's just because they don't behave that way around me, but I rarely see that kind of abuse of power.

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The stunts on the ground I can do, but I've never been good with... by Ryan Reynolds

The stunts on the ground I can do, but I've never been good with heights.

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I understand the climate we live in and why people are curious. But it's just tough and almost emotionally violent - for anyone, I think - to see your personal life summarized in a sentence.

climate people thinking

I don't necessarily need 400 pounds on my back in the squat rack, and then take a picture of myself and send it out to my Twitter followers, 'Part of the 400 pound club today.'

clubs followers needs

You have to really make sure that every moment means something, and that every moment, there's a purpose for it. And then you have to blend it all together without it looking like you're really focusing on it. That, to me, was the magic trick that was most difficult for the film [Buried].

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Every time I hangout with Sandra Bullock I think I want to be her. I want to be married to Jesse James.

married want thinking

Graphic novels and comic books offer an easy foothold into that world, and screenwriters and studio execs gravitate toward those, because I think they can see it all right there. It's like, "Here's what the movie looks like."

book looks thinking

You always get that one customer that decides that your name is boy. Or something. It certainly reinforces a respect I already had for people that are in the hospitality industry.

names boys people

When I was 21 I think I thought I was 31. I was always kind of doing the right thing, and it wasn't until my late twenties that I became just a completely wild asshole. So I should've had that out of my system already and I was too busy being a grown-up.

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