Actor Quotes
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I'm sure that my wanting to be an actor had to do with a need for approval.
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I always feel like I have to prove myself as an actor, otherwise you get lazy if you're not slightly terrified that you're going to fail all the time.
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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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Every actor is a character actor.
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I would like, in the long term, to be recognized as a writer-director-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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It is very essential as an actor to be a perfectionist and have a knack for doing different roles over a period of time to keep their fans entertained.
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As an actor, you're pretty much a hired gun. You are reading other people's words off of a page and doing what they want you to do.
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My chosen occupation isn’t necessarily movie star; I see my chosen occupation as actor.
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Anyone who has that weird volition to become an actor probably has a weird volition to do lots of other creative things - to write, to play music, to paint, to cook.
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You look at somebody's work as an actor and you can see their emotional life being fed into it and you can kind of feel them through it.
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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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A great actor is simply just seeing him or herself, and reacting to what exists around them.
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I played guitar in a band from when I was about 20 for three years. Then I sang a little. Then I started getting really busy as an actor and forgot about it.
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As an actor I am always waiting for my luck to run out.
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I've been very lucky to have had the opportunity to play a diverse cast of characters in the short time I've been a voice actor.
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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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Doing interviews is very different from working as an actor, because it's up to the journalist not only to understand what I'm trying to convey, but to convey that understanding through their process. And often times it gets manipulated, sometimes intentionally, by pulling things out of context. Some people may not appreciate your work and some may be incredibly moved by it. So that isn't the concern. You have to do what you can do, and share what you feel is appropriate to share in the moment. And then, it's out of your control.
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It's awesome when people even notice that I'm an actor.
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If you want to be an actor, you must have total, ruthless commitment to your art. Don't be ambitious for fame or TV or movies. Art is a jealous mistress and will brook no competitors. Study all the time. Never stop reading. Never stop learning speeches. It will fill you up - define and refine you.
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Whatever it is that you are doing as an actor, if it frightens you, if you're scared of it, you need to do it.
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The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
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If you play a gay role, it sticks more than it does if an actor were to play a murderer or a psychopath.
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My husband, Steve Hamilton - an actor/producer and co-Director of the Southampton Playwriting Conference - and I had been working in the theatre in New York for many years.
