Everett McGill Quotes
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I'm an actor; I want to play roles, not a role.
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The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for minority roles.
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I have an older brother who is an actor as well.
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An actor is somebody who communicates someone else's words and emotions to an audience. It's not me. It's what writers want me to be.
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I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.
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Nobody deserves this much money - certainly not an actor.
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I think it would be pompous to say I am an underrated actor. I don't think it is for me to think and decide; it is for people to decide. But I am glad I am underrated than being overrated - that is something I would find hard to digest.
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TV and films are same for me. I took a decision to be an actor, and I am an actor. I never decided to be TV actor or film actor.
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I'm an actor, of course, so I like to show off.
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It was never my goal to be an actor.
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I'm no actor, and I've got 64 pictures to prove it.
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My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.
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I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor.
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I wanted to be an actor when I saw the movie 'Die Hard.' I saw Bruce Willis shooting guns and blowing stuff up, and I thought, 'I wanna do that.' It really had nothing to do with acting; I just wanted a job that allowed me to do fun, bigger-than-life stuff.
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Every actor wants more offers, but I get enough and I do like to be busy.
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When you're an actor, you just hope you get a job to go to.
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The pilots I did test for, I was the only black actor testing against white actors for parts that were written white.
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When I did a high-profile project, I was not the developer of it.
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My aunt was so attuned to commercials that she could always identify the voiceover actor.
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Years of research in psychology has shown that rewards and punishments can be very effective in changing behavior. But, at the same time, they can create an addiction to rewards and punishments.
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I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn't watch television when the sun is out.
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I hope to create characters that people want to watch - and they either want to be or are, or it's something that they recognize.
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What can I learn from this? What will I do next time I'm in this situation?
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If you lost a major actor because of a broken jaw, the project collapses.
