( Callum Rennie considers the bond between touring musicians as being like a gang: Whether or not you’re in a disagreement two minutes before, when you walk into a place everybody’s taking care of everyone else. )

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(  for the first time I saw that the nature of being an actor could be an art, and the nature of it could be important in the sense of culture )

( You wouldn't go to a heart surgeon who was going: 'I don't know how to do this! I'm feeling very weird right now! I don't get it, I don't get it. Just give me a little time here. Let me talk to my agent.' )

( I loved that, a smallish, great film. Ben Kingsley is great playing a person you never want to spend any time around, a needy psychopath )

These are taken from a Latin American fanzine and a Spanish language blog, Callum Keith Rennie en español. I am posting for kristadarky who found and translated these for the CKR Files.

( Although he’s a very good actor, Callum Keith Rennie has played some roles repeatedly... )

( It is the last day of filming for Da Vinci's Inquest's second season, just days before the show will be crowned with a Gemini Award as the best dramatic series in Canadian television. Actor Callum Keith Rennie is playing with his 14-week-old bull terrier pup Alberta, her tail wagging so hard it seems it might come off. )

( 'I just want to up the ante,' he says. 'In this country, I seem to work with a lot of first-time directors. And at this point, I can't risk being fucked with by people who are too neurotic with their material to allow me to do what I want.' And, like Gross, Rennie is unhappy with the kinds of roles available in Canada. 'Things have to change in the way we make movies,' he says. 'We don't write for heroic characters.' Rennie seems to have his mind set on leaving Canadian the archetype in the dust. )

( No, Rennie is officially the coolest actor in Canada because he's going to be in Slap Shot II. Yes, you read that right. A sequel to the greatest. Hockey film. Of. All. Time. )

( He has an instinct on stage and on camera that is unbelievable. Not just charisma, which he has in spades, but he also seems to understand something innate about performance and text. He knows it. He just knows it. )