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12 quotes by Jonathan LaPaglia

Jonathan LaPaglia (born 31 August 1969) is an Australian actor known for his roles as Frank B. Parker in the television series Seven Days, Kevin Debreno in The District and Det. Tommy McNamara in New York Undercover.
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I thought I was clever by greeting casting agents in my Australian accent and then switching to an American one during the performance. But the... →

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Acting for me was hard enough without having to think of the accent. And also, when I was auditioning for stuff I would walk into the room with an... →

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The way the school was structured, if you were doing sciences, they didn't consider that you would ever do art, so the classes conflicted. So I... →

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I have an old car that I've rebuilt myself - a 1973 Dodge Challenger - and I also have a 1967 Pontiac GTO.

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Unfortunately, I have two facets to my makeup, and that is both scientific and artistic. By doing medicine, I was only answering one of those sides.

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I think it's unreasonable to expect kids at 17 to know what they want to do with the rest of their lives. And actually, I guess I had a desire to... →

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The movie industry has collapsed into two types of film - the $100 million blockbuster or the small independent film of $1 million or less - and the... →

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In primary school I was terrible. I don't think I was particularly well behaved in high school, but I started to apply myself.

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I just couldn't imagine hitting a child. But in 'The Slap' it's an extreme situation. You have to ask yourself - would you step in if... →

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As an actor, you want new challenges. U.S. TV can be very formulaic. So when something gets a reaction, as 'The Slap' has, that's great.... →

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Shortly after I started working as a doctor, I decided to listen to the voice inside me before it was too late. It was now or never, so I decided to... →

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When I was at school, you had to choose; there was a lot of pressure to assimilate. You were an Aussie, or you were one of 'the wogs' - which... →

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