Mark Ruffalo Quotes

I think of marriage as a garden. You have to tend to it. Respect it, take care of it, feed it. Make sure everyone is getting the right amount of, um, sunlight.
Mark Ruffalo

Marriage, Respect, Care

I think we've all been kind of... everyone's been hurt, everyone's felt loss, everyone has exultation, everyone has a need to be loved, or to have lost love, so when you play a character, you're pulling out those little threads and turning them up a bit.
Mark Ruffalo

Love, Hurt, Character

We're warriors, this culture, and we're very puritanical about sex and very embracing about violence and I don't know why that is.
Mark Ruffalo

Sex, Why, Violence

The problem to me is violence. It's not cool to kill somebody or hurt people.
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Cool, Hurt, Problem

I don't know, one out of every two marriages ends up in divorce so there's a lot of great people out there who people aren't happy with.
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Great, Happy, Two

I like to think the movies that I've picked have something worthwhile to say. Something relevant.
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Movies, Worthwhile, Relevant

Also, stick around. Don't lose your heart, just keep going, keep at it.
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Heart, Around, Keep

But in my heart of hearts, this is the kind of thing... this is what everyone is struggling with in their lives - relationships and family. To me, it's always an interesting area to mine. I'm drawn to it.
Mark Ruffalo

Family, Heart, Everyone

People use the Method as a shield; it shields them from being vulnerable. I hear all these young actors who are like, 'I'm Method, I'm gonna go live in the house, you know, I totally get it, I've done it, I've been there', but one thing I know is it kills spontaneity.
Mark Ruffalo

Live, Done, Young

After the brain tumor happened, I realized I love acting, I've always loved it, I may never get a chance to do it again.
Mark Ruffalo

Love, May, Brain

And my mother caught wind of this. She never had really tried to guide my career or really had any say in my life as an adult, but this was the one time she said she would never speak to me again if I quit acting.
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Life, Time, Mother

As we're bombarded with the imagery that we are and now, post 9-11, it's hard not to get hardened by the world and the amount of violence that's allowed to be shown to kids these days.
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Hard, Violence, Kids

But, the relationships that I see work - As long as they're telling the truth, and saying the things that you don't ever want to have to say to another human being.
Mark Ruffalo

Work, Truth, Long

Certainly, it's very easy to fall in love with cash. If you're going to make all your decisions based on cash, you're going to have a pretty naffy career.
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Love, Career, Pretty

Commercials that are geared towards kids. I think they should just, like, wipe them out.
Mark Ruffalo

Kids, Wipe, Geared

Do theater. Because you'll develop a craft that you'll always have. It'll give you a chance to really learn how to act and you won't go into the world with a few measly tricks that will only carry you so far.
Mark Ruffalo

Give, Learn, Chance

For some reason, my whole life has been, 'You can't do this, you can't do that.'
Mark Ruffalo

Life, Reason, Whole

I always like having kid energy around. I think it's good for a movie, even when you're doing dramatic stuff.
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Good, Energy, Around

I became an actor so I didn't have to be myself.
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I come from a traditional theater background.
Mark Ruffalo

Theater, Background

I didn't really have any interest in producing anything.
Mark Ruffalo

Interest, Producing

I do readings at the public library. I just did a benefit scene night for my old acting teacher.
Mark Ruffalo

Teacher, Night, Old

I don't like this idea of Method. I come from that school, but what I was taught was that it's your imagination. You do your homework, and you use your imagination.
Mark Ruffalo

School, Idea, Homework

I don't want to feel like I'm stuck doing one-stock performances.
Mark Ruffalo

I enjoyed growing up part of my life in Virginia Beach. We had the ocean and the beach and a beautiful landscape. We were outdoors all the time and we played outside.
Mark Ruffalo

Life, Time, Beautiful

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: November 22, 1967

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