Actor Quotes
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I wasn't playing Nixon's satirical stick figure. I was playing Nixon the man. As an actor, I felt I had to get to the deeply flawed humanity of the guy.
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I think people only have so much interest in anybody, and if you barrage them in between the times you have something to offer them you become a personality rather than an actor - much more short-lived. I only work once a year. And that's enough.
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I don't think I'm that much different from any other working actor that's trying to make a living.
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I didn't become an actor to have power, but it just happens that I have it and so I have a lot of opportunities.
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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, one's role is very much to respond and react to the situation within the context of the character and his world.
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Television allowed me to kick the Hollywood habit of typing an actor in certain roles.
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My philosophy has always been to try to put myself into roles and films that are different. That intensified after 'Lord of the Rings' because it was so massive, but it's something I've always believed in, wanting to change people's perceptions and challenge myself as an actor.
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Do you believe that the actor on the stage is really a villain? Let me ask you something else. If he isn't a villain, then is he a liar?
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Remember that you are in actor in a play of such a kind that the author chooses...For this is your duty, to act well the part that is given to you; but to select the part belongs to another.
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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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Like any other actor, I want to work with good directors, and I always look for good scripts. I've had to say no to some people; I suspect that's the reason I'm called arrogant.
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I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor get to be the hero?
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I'm growing as an actor and performer every week.
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The poor show of a film can be crucial in an actor's career. Maybe that is why some actors choose to act in a lot of films, so as not to be affected by a single hit or a flop.
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Chadwick Boseman work as an actor, I think, is truly remarkable, and I had a great time working with him.
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In the beginning, I was actually embarrassed to admit that I wanted to be an actor.
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I've just never been the kind of actor that things have stayed with. I've never needed to carry a character off stage.
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I try to be a good, diligent actor.
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I thought I could never be the actor Dad was, so I avoided it for a while.
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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 the most unrealistic thing you can do to shoot a close-up, and it's the most unrealistic place you can be as a performer. And yet actors grouse about having to do visual effect shots, but they love doing close-ups.
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As someone who makes his living as an actor, my routine varies almost every day.
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My music doesn't exist in a vacuum; there's a script and there's an actor and it's about to come together.
