Nilo Cruz Quotes
Theater is about interpretation and what an actor and what a director brings to a piece too. I'm open to it every time I work with a director and a group of actors. I have to be open to that interpretation. I'm not one of those hysterical playwrights that come and say, "This is not what I intended to do." It's one rendition of the piece.
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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 got to work with legendary director Garry Marshall.
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I was doing community theater since I was about nine.
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I've found that musical theater is my passion.
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My character in 'Batman v Superman' isn't supposed to be Japanese, but director Zack Snyder said he'd seen me in 'Wolverine' and had to get me in the film somehow. Hearing that was like music to my ears.
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I've grown so much, not just as an actor, but as a human being.
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I'm not partial to any system, but at the same time, I'm a Korean actor, so I expect to work mainly on Korean projects.
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I know that I am one and I've made a living as an actor and I enjoy being an actor, but when I'm not actually doing it, I forget that I do it.
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It's one of the functions of the theater to shock and titillate and appall, apart from entertain and delight.
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I'm no actor, and I've got 64 pictures to prove it.
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That was me under the bath and the water being held down. The director wanted it to look as real as possible so he told Keanu, in front of me, don't go easy on her. So it was scary.
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Musical types tend to combine the burden of the author with the burden of the actor.
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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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I kind of knew it wasn't going to be until my 30s that I really hit my stride as an actor.
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As an actor you're used to being the focus of attention.
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I love to act. And oh-so-love telling stories through film as an actor. Even on my 'days off.'
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Interviews are good if you want to be an actor because they raise your profile.
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I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.
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I am a method actor, but I'm also a film actor as well as a method actor. Characters that don't have humility, whether they are heroes or villains, are hard to relate to. All characters in every aspect of what we do should have humility. If they don't, then they're a cartoon character.
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You learn early as an actor that creating your own material is the only way to have any control.
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The youngster in me is still alive and kicking. I was infected by music at a very young age, so it's always kept me younger than springtime.
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Technically, I'm a knight. My family goes back a thousand years in the Naples area. We're a titled, noble people.
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I'd never planned on being a model.
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Theater is about interpretation and what an actor and what a director brings to a piece too. I'm open to it every time I work with a director and a group of actors. I have to be open to that interpretation. I'm not one of those hysterical playwrights that come and say, "This is not what I intended to do." It's one rendition of the piece.
