Actor Quotes
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Acting became important. It became an art that belonged to the actor, not to the director or producer, or the man whose money had bought the studio. It was an art that transformed you into somebody else, that increased your life and mind. I had always loved acting and tried hard to learn it. But with Michael Chekhov, acting became more than a profession to me. It became a sort of religion.
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The first film I directed (Explicit Ills), I did when I was like 27 years old. I had been an actor for a certain amount of time, and then I was like, "I want to start directing."
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An actor is a sculptor who carves in snow.
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People keep trying to make me a movie star but they just don't understand. I'm not a movie star, I'm an actor.
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It wasn't a mission to be a rock star. It wasn't a mission of mine to even be a movie star. I just intended to be a good actor.
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I want to work as hard as I can. But I also want six kids! It takes a lot of courage as an actor to take time off for family. But family is everything.
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You know, I always say musicians, they can do it on their own. They can practice their violin on their own. A painter can paint by himself. A writer can write by himself. But an actor needs a group, and the hardest thing about expanding your ability and your craft is to have a group to do it with that is of a caliber where you can grow even more.
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As an actor, I feel there isn't much to explore on TV. So, if I get better work as a host, why wouldn't I do it?
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Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he'd be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.
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I want to be a great actor someday, and I've decided there's no use philosophizing; the only way is to work at my craft.
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I'm a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor.
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When you're a young actor you like to go for characters with a bit of flair, so in many films I ended up playing the weirdos. I can assure you I'm not a psycho or a criminal or a bully.
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The actor's life is the road. Always has been, always will be. That is his cross and his glory.
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A good actor is someone who knows how to take the part and make it real and make it honest and be effective in it. If it's in a funny movie and, as long as they are cast in an appropriate way, humor will come from it.
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I think there are definite parallels between sport and art. There's a real sense of sacrifice. There's a real sense of dedication that is needed in sport that I think you can attribute to art. I think so much of it is about bravery and courage, being an actor.
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Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing.
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To be a good actor you really have to want to act first.
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When an actor … is lying on the ground, it is a whole nation lying down. And when he rises slowly up, you see the play of his muscles. After that he comes and goes, lifts things, throws them. He’s self-reliant man, and there’s his rapport with Promethean art.
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It's a very important skill set for an actor to be able to bring the humor into any moment, whether you're doing drama or comedy.
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I'm a stand-up comedian-turned-actor-turned-vampire at night.
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My goal beyond being an actor, is just being an open channel.
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When an actor marries an actress they both fight for the mirror.
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There isn't a switch that I turn on. I'm an actor. This is what I do.
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I always have to come back to shows to take out the improvements actors have put in. Laughs are addictive, and sometimes they're good laughs, and sometimes they're bad laughs.
