Hannah Whitall Smith Quotes
Somehow even tragedies seem less tragical, when you are the actors in them, than they look to outsiders...
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Having been raised by actors who love moral ambiguity and flawed protagonists, I feel like it's sort of in the blood to want to take it on.
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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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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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In film, movies schedules are based on three things: actors availabilities, when are sets being built, when you can rent the place youre going to film in.
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As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.
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When the creator of the show is gone, the actors end up being the people who have been there the longest.
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It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.
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I think television has become such an interesting place for characters and for incredible storytelling. Half of what I watch are television shows that I've become obsessed with. I just think that it's opened up so much, to be such an interesting and creative medium, and so many wonderful directors and actors are moving to television because it is a great medium for telling stories and for creating a character over a long period of time.
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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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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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It's easier to be more vulnerable in a smaller environment. It's hard to expect your actors to be able to open up in that way and stay with the level of focus needed when there's so many people on stage.
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There's often rarely any dialogue in a sex scene. With your fellow actor, it's good to talk about what the unspoken dialogue is, that's happening in the scene. You've got to play something rather than feel self-conscious or exposed.
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About actors' lives... I'm not the person to ask. I don't live an actor's life and I really don't know. I probably read less about actors' lives than you all do. So, I'm in the dark about all of that, sorry.
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When you're working as an actor, you don't think that when you get out of school, it's going to be so hard to get a job. Just to get a job. Any job. Whatsoever. You don't think that people are going to see you in a certain way.
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The stage is more beholding to love than the life of man. For as to the stage, love is ever matter of comedies and now and then of tragedies; but in life it doth much mischief, sometimes like a Siren, sometimes like a Fury.
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Actors between plays are like ghosts looking for bodies to inhabit.
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Any actor who tells you that he makes choices, absolutely, is wrong. You find work and work finds you.
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I certainly never expected to be a professional actor. I never expected to be in movies. I thought I would probably become a teacher.
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I could be a bit of a pain in the arse. Since I've come out of my cancer, I must say I intend to be even more of a pain in the arse.
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The only thing money is good for is to buy your freedom.
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Somehow even tragedies seem less tragical, when you are the actors in them, than they look to outsiders...
