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Introducing a leading candidate for the title of "the movie's next
spell caster"
Overnight success? Tobey Maguire doesn't want to hear it. At the
still tender age of twenty-one, the Los Angeles native has been
practicing his own "un-actor-y" way of acting for eight years.
However, 1997 is the year he'll be taking it to the bank, with high
profile roles in An Lee's The Ice Storm- in which Maguire will play
an alienated suburban teen circa 1973- and in Woody Allen's next
film. Why the sudden attention? Perhaps because in a day and age
when Hollywood deals are often front-page news, Maguire reminds us
of a kid at play.
LD: One question: What's the key to you and acting, Tobey?
TM: It's about, "Here's my dream and I'm going to make it
happen." Of course, luck plays into it, but my theory is you can do
whatever you want to, if you really want to. I remember when I was
fifteen and I had just started acting. I was living with my mom and
there wasn't a lot of extra money, so I borrowed \$9,000 from a
friend. I told him "I will pay you back in one year." [laughs] Nine
grand! I didn't know how I was going to pay him back, but I did. I
look back on that experience whenever I feel afraid. I tell myself,
"You know what? Go for it."
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