Actor Quotes
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There's a side to you as an actor, a selfish side, that wants to go on and play different roles.
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I think acting can be very frustrating, and there's no experience that doesn't make you a better actor. So people may choose to explore their other talents.
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When I was younger I saw a movie called 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Those two actors and that movie was my inspiration to want to be an actor.
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My whole thing is I just always wanted to be a working actor and I just wanted to stop waiting tables.
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Every actor who has done an action film has a little tiny scar somewhere from that.
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No actor wants to play to an empty house.
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I don't really have foresight as an actor as far as career trajectory - I just stick to no-brainer situations.
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I know I walk a fine line between being a respected actor and being what they call a sex symbol.
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I am not trying to make an image; I am an actor trying to sell movies.
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Musical types tend to combine the burden of the author with the burden of the actor.
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For me, music is sort of my passion, more so than being an actor. I just never tried to make a career as a musician. It was just something that I did on my own time, just for me. I had written a lot of songs, but I don't really record a lot of music because, for me, it's the same way as a poet: I write to get things out. It's sort of cathartic.
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I'm an actor and it happened to go my way that day.
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I think you choose how you walk through this life. I think if you choose to participate in a paradigm that is looks-based, if you're an actor, then it can be empowering in some ways, and it can be really limiting in some ways in terms of time and longevity.
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I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.
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Originally, I think, I wanted to be an actor. But I got into broadcasting by accident, if you will, because I needed money to pay for my college education. I applied for a summer announcing job at a couple of radio stations.
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I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.
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To be respected as an actor it doesn't help to be seen out in the clubs.
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I think every actor brings something personal to a role, right?
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To any aspiring actor, go and train yourself.
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I'm a working actor. I don't make my own work, so it's the opportunities that are presented to me.
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I never thought I'd be an actor.
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As an actor you're used to being the focus of attention.
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I always wanted to be a comedic actor - that's what I wanted from the job - to do comedy and to create my own comedy. But I still love doing stand-up and will probably be doing it forever. I'd love to be an old guy who can't really walk, can't really stand-up, and I have to sit on the stool and tell jokes.
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And once you cease to be a real person, you stop being a good actor.
