Actor Quotes
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I think every actor brings something personal to a role, right?
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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 a child, I always wanted to be an actor. But as I grew older, the acting dream kind of faded away, and I took to studying a lot. A few years later, a relative of mine who really wanted me to try my hand at acting sent my photographs to a few production houses, and like they say, the rest is history.
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My path was to be an actor and it’s been very good to me in life. It’s broadened my horizons and given me a lot of gifts.
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I feel really privileged to be an actor, to be paid to do something I love.
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When I was I kid, there were so many different things that I wanted to be. As an actor, I get a chance to be all of those things, at least for a couple of days, which is fun.
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And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.
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I hated the idea that I would be like my father. Which is one of the reasons I decided I didn't want to be a writer and wanted to be an actor instead. I wanted to go in a total different direction. But, of course, I ended up being a writer anyway.
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Why does 'writer' have no gender, but 'actor' has a gender? What is that?
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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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I really enjoy being an actor!
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The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful - my personal life suffers.
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My parents had a difficult divorce. My dad had to take a backseat for a few years, and my grandfather came in. He was also my inspiration for becoming an actor. I really respected him.
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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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As far as I'm concerned... there's a side to an actor that wants to go on and play a thousand different roles.
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My goal has been to be a great character actor.
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As a theater actor I always wondered, 'Is there a place for me in Hollywood?'
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Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.
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I grew up watching movies and television, and one day when I was really young I told my mom I wanted to become an actor, and she was really supportive and got me involved in local theater and commercials. From there I moved up to auditioning for movies and television.
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If you catch me saying 'I am a serious actor,' I beg you to slap me.
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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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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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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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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.
