Actor Quotes
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As an actor, you put yourself out there. You put yourself in the arena as an easy target.
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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'm an actor and it happened to go my way that day.
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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 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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My job isn't about pursuing fame and then becoming an actor. It's about becoming an actor, and if fame follows suit, that's fine.
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Musical types tend to combine the burden of the author with the burden of the actor.
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I could care less about being an action actor like Stallone or Schwarzenegger.
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I got to New York when I was eighteen. I was knocking around, trying to be an actor, writer, musician, whatever happened.
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As an actor you're used to being the focus of attention.
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I think any actor should be aware of where they're starting to stretch into what's not truthful.
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It's interesting - an actor's research is different to just historian's research. I'm looking for things that I can actually physically use in the movie.
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But I'm an actor and I like to just keep working.
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Directing a film requires a different set of skills. It is a difficult job, and I am happy being an actor.
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I am not trying to make an image; I am an actor trying to sell movies.
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If I'd had the choice when I was 14, and someone had said to me, 'You can either be a footballer or an actor,' I'd have said: 'Well, can't I be a footballing actor?'
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I no longer believe that William Shakespeare the actor from Stratford was the author of the works that have been ascribed to him.
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Being on 'SNL' gives you a unique experience that almost no one else has. It's like Harvard for the comic actor.
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As an actor, you can steer a scene in another direction by playing it a little differently. And honestly? I like being an actor, and I want to keep having a career.
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I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do.
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Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.
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I am a total sucker for an actor's autobiography/biography. I have probably read most of them.
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It's one of those things where if I do a movie, I don't even know if I'm any good. So, I may do one and it sucks and I'm a horrible actor, and I'll never do another one.
