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Cary Elwes Biography

Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (/ˈɛlwɪs/; born 26 October 1962) is an English actor, voice actor and writer. He is best known for his roles as Westley in The Princess Bride, Robin Hood in Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Fritz Arno Wagner in Shadow of the Vampire, Arnold in Georgia Rule and as Dr. Lawrence Gordon in Saw. His other noted roles include Glory, Kiss the Girls, Days of Thunder, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Hot Shots!, Twister, The Jungle Book, and Liar, Liar. He has also had recurring roles in television series such as The X-Files and Psych and Crackle's The Art of More. He currently appears as a series regular in Netflix's Granite Flats.

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I take away something from every role.

Away, Role, Roles, Take

I feel like if a film is well-written, then the character's arc is complete. There really is very little room to expand on that afterwards.

Arc, Character, Complete, Film, Littles, Rooms

I think as an actor you're lucky to have any film take on a life of its own long after it's left the theater.

Actor, Life, Long, Lucky, Think, Thinking

I do not envy the headache you will have when you awake. In the meantime, dream of large women.

Awake, Dream, Envy, Headache

I like historical pieces. History was my favorite subject in school, it was the only subject I excelled in. I love the idea of history and the idea that we may have the opportunity to learn from our past mistakes.

Historical, History, Mistake, Past, School

I grew up in the art world.

Art, Grew, Grew Up, World

New York has the best tap water.

New York, Tap, Tap Water, Water, York

There's a myth about actors saying, 'Oh no, that's not me on screen at all. I'm just acting. ' OK, if I were to say to you that's not me, that's fine. And I would tell you that I don't behave like a villain everyday, and that's true, I don't. But to say there's absolutely none of me in there is ridiculous.

Acting, Actors, Everyday, Fine, Like, Screen

I consider myself a student, both in my work and my life, and I'm constantly learning and I'm constantly grateful for that.

Constantly Learning, Grateful, Learning, Students, Work

Any actor should be grateful if he's remembered for one movie in their lifetime.

Actor, Actors, Grateful, Lifetime, Movie, Remembered

I used to sit in school and dream about getting into films.

Dream, Film, School, Sit

My stepfather was a producer. I'd always wanted to be in show business. And so when he came into my life and he told my brothers and myself, he said, look, if you want to be in this business, you're all going to have to start at the bottom.

Brother, Looks, Producer, Said, Start, Want

No one is black and white or good or bad or happy or sad or what have you. [All have] particular idiosyncrasies that make them fascinating and that's how I tend to approach a character.

Approach, Black And White, Character, Happy, Make, Tend

I'll explain and I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog faced buffoon.

Buffoon, Explain, Faced, Princes Bride, Princess Bride, Use

I like to have a good experience. That's all you have.

Experience, Good, Good Experiences, Like

I got a massive overdose of gamma radiation from the Xerox machine and just printing call sheets, you know? By the time I stepped in front of the camera, I was very comfortable. It was great.

Cameras, Know, Machine, Machines, Radiation, Stepped

I was blessed enough to meet Pope John Paul when I was about 19 or 20 years old in the Vatican; I had that privilege,. . My mother took me to visit him and I remember distinctly his incredible charisma and personal charm and his warmth and compassion. You felt it immediately the minute you met him, and that spirit I came away with, having met the man, is something that I've been constantly working on to infuse the character with, so that we can have his spirit and his love and his compassion, because that's really the essence of the man.

Blessed, Character, Meet, Mother, Old, Warmth

The experience you have making the movie is all you have; when the movie's finished, that's for other people. But while you're doing it, that's your time on the planet, so you want it to be good.

Experience, People, Planet, Planets, Want

My real father was a portrait painter. I went to a lot of auctions as a kid and galleries.

Father, Galleries, Kids, Portrait, Real

The visceral experience of seeing a movie in three dimensions, coming at you in the theater, is obviously here to stay, because it is a unique experience. I think that kind of format is only appropriate for some genres, but I'm all for it.

Coming, Experience, Thinking, Three, Unique

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