Actor Quotes
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In theatre, you learn the story is more important than the actor.
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I'll always be an actor first. I grew up doing musical theater, so music and acting, to me, have always gone hand in hand. I'm going to be an actor first because it's my career, but music will always be a part of me.
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As an actor, you're never really in control of the product. I think the goal is to create what you want. And if you can get as close as you can get to the creation of something, it starts with development.
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The most complex challenge for an actor is the ability to give dimension to the story from the time that it happened, not from the present.
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I definitely believe in the energy of the set and the energy of the actor, way more than your written word.
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As an actor you're only as good as the things you're offered. And there just weren't any female directors offering me things. So when you dissect that, you realize there aren't women offering you things because they don't have the opportunities. I work to raise money for women's cancers; I use my voice for violence against women.
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I love to sing. I don't think it's strange for singers to act, or painters to sculpt. I don't want to ever feel like I'm cornered into one expression of creativity because I'm successful at making films or being an actor. I guess it's best to not paint yourself into that corner.
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"You are the actor, and I understand we already had our sit down, you explained your concept, your view," so I said, "Okay, I'm in your hands." That means that if you've got to nudge me a little bit to the right I move to the right, just from the pressure, weight, but you won't have to touch me at all. You can come and go "Okay, you want me over here a little bit more," so no pressure on us at all that's easy to do.
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The audience's reaction is the most rewarding thing for an actor, especially me.
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You can't be an actor in a small town-you have to go to New York or L.A.
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I believe that a web series allows actors the freedom to express their views.
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I believe your thoughts are your thoughts, but are you a human being in front of the camera, or an actor? They are two different things.
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For an actor, its great fun to play one of these hungry white sharks. Audiences love to hate them.
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I never did improv professionally, but that was certainly in my training as an actor. I like it.
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Being an actor is about having the courage to follow your instincts, and also having the discipline and dedication to sacrifice the things in your life that you need to sacrifice to get the best out of yourself artistically.
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You can always tell when an actor has grown a 'rhino skin' to protect themselves. It comes across on screen, and they aren't believable. They're dead in the eyes because they've been told a million times that they're the greatest actor that ever lived. If you don't realise what's happening, and get your feet back on the ground, it can be the worst thing that ever happens to you.
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I have to say from an actor's perspective, to work with a director who has been an actor through most of their career is a pleasure. They generally have a very deep understanding of the process of what you're doing, of how you are building and exploring the character.
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I think that an actor is more likely to be forgiven in the public's eye than an actress.
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My ideal would be to hop both sides of the Atlantic to work, as I'm sure every actor would.
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I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.
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You're always having to live more to fuel something new. It's an obligation to yourself and to the audience. The personal baggage that comes with being a known actor just adds to that struggle.
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I consider myself a method singer, not a method actor. I applied method acting to singing.
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I'm not an actor who approaches films doing a lot of research. I do zero research, unless it's a film where I'm playing a mock version of someone who already existed. Then, you've got to do a lot of research.
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As an actor, you get hired to repeat yourself. It wears you out.
