Actor Quotes
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There is a need for aloneness... for an actor.
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Actors are smart. They have to feel safe enough to fall and to get back up. My job is to make sure they don't get hurt.
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I lived with this tremendous fear of failure because my father was a playwright and a director, and I think he did a couple of things as a child as an actor as well, and he... he failed, basically.
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As an actor, you get hired to repeat yourself. It wears you out.
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It takes a good actor to sound excited every time.
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The basic skill of an actor is, in fact, empathy, and that's maybe not a skill, it's a disposition. I am an assistant storyteller. I enjoy feeling useful to a team effort. It's my way of finding a use for myself, a utility in this world.
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To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.
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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 still don't think I'm a good actor. The only reason I'm doing it is because I've got a lot of support behind me.
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I don't know if I have any real aspirations to be an actor. It was just something I was asked to do in sort of a friend way. And I thought, Why not?
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The director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell. He gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor.
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The lead actor, along with the director, plays a big role in what the vibe will be on set, and that's a huge responsibility.
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In the story, I think as an actor you're just trying to fit into the world.
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When you're an actor or any kind of artist, you use your life as something to draw from in every experience.
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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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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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Often you see a famous actor who says they produced something, when all they did was claim to have an idea at a dinner party and make three phone calls.
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The audience's reaction is the most rewarding thing for an actor, especially me.
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In theatre, you learn the story is more important than the actor.
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Gambles are the most fun because it's part of being an actor or being a creative person. It's risky only in the vulnerable sense. And then outside of that, no one gets too hurt by it.
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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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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 always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you don't recognize someone because they're so lost in the part.
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It's important to do research. I do that in every play, every actor does.
