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I did a picture called 'Lovely, Still' with Ellen Burstyn, We screened it to the AARP people in Las Vegas, 2000 of them. We got a standing ovation from people who couldn't stand.
Martin Landau -
I'm not speaking, you know, egocentrically at all, but I do have a very wide range.
Martin Landau
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The real good comedians, like Chaplin, would make you laugh and a second later, cry.
Martin Landau -
I like a character that is still alive and is necessarily thinking, and either grows or diminishes or whatever.
Martin Landau -
In any age range, there are some limitations in terms of good, good parts.
Martin Landau -
I always believed that all it would take was a decent role. I felt like a pinch hitter with a leaden bat: that if I got a chance, I could hit a home run.
Martin Landau -
With 'Avatar,' you're beginning to see the need for less and less actors and less of an appreciation for live acting.
Martin Landau -
The fact that I wound up doing television and film was just a thing that happened, but I was trained for the theater, and what goes on in the theater has nothing to do with special effects.
Martin Landau
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I love to see lack of clarity in a performance as well as clarity, as well as trust, as well as the kinds of things that human beings go through. I love to see spontaneity and 'inevitability.' How it gets there is going to shock the hell out of me, but it will get there somehow.
Martin Landau -
The modern cineplexes are mundane, dull boxes. But 'The Majestic' pays tribute to the movie palaces that made people feel like royalty. It honors a time when pictures helped Americans get through grim periods like the blacklist and the war.
Martin Landau -
My father was an Austrian, and he brought some Torahs over to this country, ancient Torahs that were slipped out of Germany.
Martin Landau -
If I were a writer, the Pulitzer Prize would be important to me. This is my profession, so an Oscar is important.
Martin Landau -
I've spent a lot of time playing roles that didn't really challenge me. I suppose every actor feels that way.
Martin Landau -
No one tries to cry. You try not to cry. No one tries to laugh. You try not to laugh.
Martin Landau
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I run the 'Actors Studio' on the West Cost. I'm artistic director of that.
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A lot of the time with an independent production, you go onto the set, and you rehearse it in front of the crew, and at that point, the cinematographer takes over. You start accommodating the camera instead of the camera accommodating you.
Martin Landau -
They were like little palaces: all rococo or art deco. You'd walk in off those hot streets into a nice, air-cooled theater, and you'd spend all day watching Cagney or Jimmy Stewart. It cost all of 17 cents.
Martin Landau -
I've turned down a lot of roles. Some of them made stars out of the people. I have no regrets.
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You have to be crazy to do theater.
Martin Landau -
The more complicated the character, the better I am. It's the one-dimensional crap that I had to do for years that drove me crazy.
Martin Landau
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Actors need to trust themselves. If you trust yourself, you can trust others and leave the director outside.
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I've got two daughters, and it's impossible for me to say one of them is a favorite.
Martin Landau -
I create each character as an individual, coming from a certain place, sounding a certain way, having been introduced to things a certain way.
Martin Landau -
I always treat each take as a rehearsal for the next take. That way you can find stuff and keep adding and playing until they tell me to stop.
Martin Landau