Actor Quotes
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I consider myself a method singer, not a method actor. I applied method acting to singing.
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New York is a great place to be as an unrepresented actor because there are so many 'open auditions' that you can show up for without being submitted by an agent.
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It wasn't my childhood fantasy to work with Truffaut or be in obscure films. I like Midnight Run better than I like The Bicycle Thief. It was films like Die Hard and Bladerunner that made me want to be an actor.
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I think in terms of a career trajectory, it's good for people to be reminded that, in spite of seeing me a million times a day on a show for ten years playing the same character, I'm an actor, and actors like to play different people.
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Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.
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Well, I do lie for a living. I'm an actor.
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A fool cannot be an actor, though an actor may act a fool's part.
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The only ambition I ever had going into and committing to wanting to be an actor was to live my life.
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One of the most empowering things about being a self-employed actor is also one of the hardest things; I get to set my own goals.
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I think the more you do as an actor, the more facility you have to switch on and off.
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One of the great things about my job is I get to do all of these things that I may not experience had I not been an actor.
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If anything, as a general rule, the cheaper the movie the more creative the experience, generally speaking. Its not to denigrate expensive movies. I dont want to seem biting the hands that feed me, but with big movies, especially with a lot of effects, the role of the actor is somewhat diminished.
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I always go back and do theater. I love it. It keeps an actor improving in a way, it sort of keeps your craft alive, if that makes sense.
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I was an anguished little girl with just one wish: to become an actor. I debuted in live theater at 14 with Dario Niccodemi's 'La Nemica.'
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The challenge of a revival is how to bring something fresh. The reward is the opportunity to add different flourishes. You're dealing with different actors, designers and a different time.
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I would like, in the long term, to be recognized as a writer-director-actor.
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Changing writing styles is like an actor taking on a different part.
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I became an actor because I love solving problems. I'm a big crossword puzzle person. I love doing research. One of the reasons I became Jewish is because I love text study.
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I was sure that none of the other wonderful actors I had met for this role would have such truthfulness, would have such courage and self-awareness of auto-destruction as River does.
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If I have to wear a hat as a producer to do that, then I'm willing to do that. An actor's, producer's and director's point-of-view is all the same to me, as long as the story's being told.
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I do the same thing for myself (as an actor) that I do for others.
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In theatre, you learn the story is more important than the actor.
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I'm just a very fortunate actor who has not been typecast.
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I've often wondered about people that come to the profession late in life. I've wanted to be an actor since the first grade. I watched a play being performed by the third grade class, and it was... magic.
