Actor Quotes
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It's crazy, it's different. It's what I wanted, but it's different. It's not exactly what I wanted, you know what I mean? If you become an actor you want to be a successful actor; but with success comes a lot of things. Some of it's great! It's great to be able to pay your rent from the work that you do.
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After becoming an actor, it's the privacy that I miss.
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When I realized that if I was an actor, I could be any character I wanted instead of just one particular, I was like, 'Wow, that's cool.'
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Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.
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My ambition is to get better as an actor.
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As a theater actor I always wondered, 'Is there a place for me in Hollywood?'
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With the type of actor I am, which includes really diving into a role and making it as real as possible, there's nothing better than working in a real environment on location. It forces you to feel what the character's feeling, and it allows you to live in the space of the character.
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I am Irish as a person, but I feel Jewish as an actor.
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The nudity is down to the individual actor or actress. If they feel comfortable and it's done in a way that they feel comfortable doing, then who am I to say anything?
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Why does 'writer' have no gender, but 'actor' has a gender? What is that?
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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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My goal has been to be a great character actor.
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My parents were both in show business. My father was an actor, my mom an actress, and both singers, dancers and actors. They met in Los Angeles doing a play together and so I grew up in a show biz family.
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I wanted really to make it moment to moment, partly because I'm an actor and that's how I operate - actors are all about creating the moment.
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers.
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Being an actor, I never think I'm going to get the part. It's always a thrill when things go the way you hope they will.
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When I came to Mumbai from Dubai to become an actor, I used to entertain people at parties by showing some card tricks.
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I became an actor at a very young age, but I also had a deep respect for nature and I think I was sort of a little biologist when I was younger. I watched documentaries on rainforest pollution and the loss of species and habitats for animals around the world. It affected me in a very hardcore, emotional way when I was younger. So, later in life I wanted to continue that path more and investigate and learn more about ecological issues.
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You want to be on your toes; You don't want to be in a Nic Cage movie and just have him blow by you as an actor.
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Personally speaking there's only so long you can go from film to film to film. There's an inspiration an actor gets from the stage.
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An actor rides in a bus or railroad train; he sees a movement and applies it to a new role. The whole garment in which the actor hides himself is made of small externals of observation fitted to his conception of a role.
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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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The bottom line is that I'm an actor, so when somebody pitches me a great part, it's a no-brainer. You never know what it's gonna be like, in terms of the actual experience. You can be really excited about a part that can turn out shitty, you can have a bad time, there's a bad egg or two or three, in the bunch, or the producers are weird, or something like that.
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My plan was to be able to make a living as an actor.
