Stuart Townsend (Stuart Peter Townsend) Quotes
Actors want to be told what to do - they really do. But they also want to have an input and be recognized for that.
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I fell in love with the whole process of making a movie. I loved the sets. I loved watching the actors and the crew.
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Most commonly, I've been recognized from people who aren't actually from England.
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Out of all the actors I have worked with, I love working with Larry Hagman the most. We were very close and it was just a wonderful time.
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I love actors.
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My job as an actor is to serve the writing and help the author get his ideas across.
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There are ways in which you can make sure that even if people come to the theatre because they know an actor or actress, by the end, theyve forgotten that, and they leave going, Wow - what an amazing play.
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Have we become so celebrity-obsessed that there is no longer a difference between a character and an actor? I hope not.
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I've been training as an actor for six years. Nobody goes to acting school for six years. I mean, the college course is only four years! I absolutely trained.
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You can watch actors create their illusions, but if you don't see where they get the pigeons from, you don't really know how they're doing it.
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I am waiting for the right story to tell. Just like 'Man of Tai Chi' just seemed to be the right story to tell. So I'm looking for that. Because I really love directing. I love developing the story. I love actors. I love the cinema of it, the way that you tell a story visually.
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Parts win prizes, not actors.
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You learn after you've been in the business for a while that it's not getting your face recognized that's the payoff. It's having your film remembered.
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As a director you want to have actors, not only surpassing themselves, but also going somewhere, going different places.
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For old actors, just remember that inside you're only 14. Acting is for kids. You poor old grown-ups, you've forgotten how to do what kids know automatically.
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Not that it entirely matters: There is a perception that all actors make their movies. A lot of people assume you're responsible. George Clooney told me actors get all of the blame and all the credit.
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Forget the credit, they (male actors) take all the money as well. We don't get paid even one-third of what male actors get. It's not so much about the money, but it's about (being a) woman.
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As a playwright, you are a torturer of actors and of the audience as well. You inflict things on people.
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I've never seen a great actor do a major role that didn't cost a lot. They're sacrificial animals of a sort.
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What better book can there be than the book of humanity.
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Material progress and a higher standard of living bring us greater comfort and health, but do not lead to a transformation of the mind, which is the only thing capable of providing lasting peace. Profound happiness, unlike fleeting pleasures, is spiritual in nature. It depends on the happiness of others and it is based on love and affection.
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He was essentially a quiet man, a man who never wrote letters…
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You either expect to win, so when you do win, you're relieved instead of excited and if you lose instead of being motivated, you're embarrassed.
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Actors want to be told what to do - they really do. But they also want to have an input and be recognized for that.
