American - Actor | September 18, 1973 -
When I was younger - up until I was 19 years old and in college - I was surrounded with people in high school who felt like they knew what they wanted to do with their lives, and that was intimidating to me because I didn't.
James Marsden
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I didn't know what my passion was until I discovered the dramatic arts in junior high and high school and I realized, 'Oh, I like this. This is something I feel like I'm good at.' But, the idea of moving to Hollywood and becoming an actor was really unrealistic.
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I didn't want to go get a job or get a degree in business or marketing, or whatever all my friends were getting degrees in.
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As an actor, you always think your last job is your last job, and you're always doubting yourself and worried that people will see you're a fraud.
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To me, the more bizarre the character, the more I'm attracted to it.
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Early in your career, you feel like there is a formula, a path you have to take. You have to do this movie because this person directed it and you have to be associated with these people. In some ways, I have thrown that out.
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It's about balance. Do a movie that's good for your career, then do a one that gets good box office.
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When you're making a film, it's a very technical process. You do things over and over again, and you have to hit your marks and your light and all that stuff.
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I would not think twice about being part of any incarnation of the 'X-Men' films.
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I was with my wife for five years before we got married, so we've been together since I was 22.
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James Dean has never been one of my guys. I don't want to be him. I will take boring anytime. I love boring! Are you kidding me? Matt Damon has been one of my favorites forever. He always elevates every bit of material, and then you don't hear a thing about him.
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I've done some films that, on paper, were really interesting and special. And for some reason, when they got on screen, it just didn't work. Well, I didn't get to watch the film before I decided to do it.
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