Owen Wilson

Owen Cunningham Wilson (born 18 November 1968) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and writer. Wilson was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on the screenplay of The Royal Tenenbaums, but he is perhaps best known for his roles as John Beckwith in Wedding Crashers and as Hansel in Zoolander.

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• At first you think, 'Gosh, monkeys, that's so kind of incredible ... But you started to kind of feel a little bit, not competitive with the monkeys, but that they weren't really — they didn't really have your best interests at heart.They aren't these ... They want to replace you. Their not that impressed with the opposable thumbs.
  • On working with monkeys, in an Artist on Artist interview on MySpace (26 October 2007)

• I just like the themes it's exploring. In the way my character says, "I want us to become brothers again, like we used to be." I really like that line, and it means a lot to me. I just find there's a lot of things like that in this movie that have that feeling. There's stuff that feels exhilarating.
  • On working on The Darjeeling Limited (2007), in a Artist on Artist interview on MySpace (26 October 2007)