Actor Quotes
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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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If you're working opposite an actor who can act, then all you have to do is listen and respond.
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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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There are five stages in the life of an actor: Who's Mary Astor? Get me Mary Astor. Get me a Mary Astor type. Get me a young Mary Astor. Who's Mary Astor?
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In my head, I believed even though I am an actor, there was no need to dance. That's not me.
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I saved every script I'd ever worked on as an actor.
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When my mother got home from work, she would take me to the movies. It was her way of getting out, and she would take me with her. I'd go home and act all the parts. It had a tremendous influence on my becoming an actor.
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My plan was to be able to make a living as an actor.
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I've done stuff to pay my dues and that's what actors are supposed to do, because I was a really bad actor when I was 18 or 20.
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If the goal of an actor is to tell the best story ever, there's no higher story than Jesus Christ.
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That's all you can do as an actor - take the best thing available.
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There are not a lot of places for an actor to explore what it's like to be a woman in her 60s. There aren't any films about it and there very few TV series about it.
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Everything I learned as an actor, I have basically applied to writing.
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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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If you're doing things that you don't want to be doing or you're working with people who aren't making you better and you're not learning, if things aren't challenging you, you could be wasting your time. You might be making some money, but you might not be improving as an actor.
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It surely gives you a high to be an international actor with quality work.
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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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On stage, I'm this figure, this actor, who does things that people aren't used to seeing and I relish in that reaction. In real life, though, I play golf, I shop and I walk around with no makeup on and my hair in a ponytail. I may not be the typical middle-aged Joe, but I'm closer to normal than you think.
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Script for an actor is like a bible. You carry it with you, you read it over and over, you go to your passages.
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I always wanted to be an actor.
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Whenever a critic mentions the salary of an actor, I'm thinking, He's not talking about the movie.
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I am just an actor - all I do is I memorise someone else's words and tart around.
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One of the most important things for an actor is to observe humanity.
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I live with someone, actor Peter Krause, who didn't find an interest in being an actor until the very end of college. So my message is: There's so much freedom left. There's no ticking clock. It's just not true.
