Anthony LaPaglia Quotes

• So I built my entire career in the United States and that’s why it feels like I’m an American actor.

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• My accent’s become a weird hybrid.

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• For the most part, the American film market has become very corporatised, even independent film to a degree, and because of the corporate management mentality, they want to take the safe way.

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• And when you started looking into Roger East, it was almost like he had disappeared from history.

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• I had a vocal coach. It’s a sad thing, but I had to hire someone so that I could get my Australian accent back.

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• The whole question of God and what God is, and whether it’s a blond guy with a beard, I don’t know… I don’t know that. Do I believe that there’s something greater at work than the sum of humanity? Yeah, I think so.

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• Steve Martin is one of the most intelligent, well-read human beings that I’ve ever come across. He is equally as funny off screen as he is on. But he also has a very intellectual side, and he’s a really nice human being. We actually become good friends.

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• I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor.

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• I can’t find my car keys in the morning. Trying to get out of my house is a nightmare. “Where’s my wallet? Where are my keys? I have to go find a missing person.”

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• A lot of people think I’m that guy in ‘Betsy’s Wedding’, but I’m not. What it is for me is that, on some level, I connect with the character emotionally.

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Anthony LaPaglia (10)

Birth:	31st January, 1959
Nationality:	Australian
Profession:	Actor, Producer

About

Anthony M. LaPaglia was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as FBI agent Jack Malone on the American TV series Without a Trace, for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama, and for his portrayal of Simon Moon on the TV show Frasier, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series. He is also known for his role as Barry "The Blade" Muldano in The Client. In March 2014, LaPaglia joined a new CBS terrorism drama starring as a retired CIA operative and current high school football coach who returns to active duty after a terrorist attack in Washington, D.C.. LaPaglia currently lives in Santa Monica, California, USA.  According to an offhand remark by LaPaglia, he has employed an American accent since 1982.

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