Actor Quotes
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I'm not a director that's about precision and control and perfection, I'm about creating an atmosphere that's organic and interesting and then letting people loose, and for that there's no greater actor or performer than children. Animals are maybe a close runner-up.
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The cool thing about doing a play is that the final interpretation of a piece is turned over to the actors.
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If you feel uncomfortable on stage, you can very easily descend into a sort of abyss, convinced you're the worst actor ever, that you're a disgrace to the profession, that you're a disgrace to yourself. It's an awful feeling.
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In between, I go broke because I seem to do movies where you're not paid a lot as an actor.
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When I choose a role, I look for that spark that tells me it's going to work. Is the role fresh? What does it have for the actor in me? Those are the only things any actor should be concerned about, really.
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I'm still interested in perfecting whatever talents I have and continuing to grow as an actor and continuing to be useful to the telling of the story.
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There is something pleasurable for an actor to produce something and not be in it.
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I believe there is a shallow side to every actor, who craves to be presented well.
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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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The only thing hard about being an actor is being out of work. So, when you get a job - that part ain't hard at all.
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A magician is only an actor - an actor pretending to be a magician.
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I'm just an actor who happened to love these [Marvel] comics when I was a kid, and got to rediscover them.
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As an actor, it's good to try to do new things, I think.
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As an actor, the thing I want to do to an audience is always be ahead of them and always be surprising in the work without deviating from the writer's intention.
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Even though I never really had to pound the pavement as an actor, I always worked really hard. But, at the same time, I always felt like people thought that I didn't have to struggle even though I was struggling.
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Why did I decide to become an actor ? I decided because my brother helped me decide. I knew nothing about the entertainment industry, and never thought I actually would. I never had an interest in it. I grew up not watching many movies or rarely watching TV.
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I think I'm much more afraid of making a mistake in raising my daughters than I would be with any work that I do, as an actor. It's a much higher scale of fear, raising kids.
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Any actor who's onstage... at least this is what I do... I'm always using 120% on whatever the heck I'm doing. I have to make an impression with all the bursts of things I do in this show... taking the picture, shutting the door, opening the door... as long as I'm making people laugh at those moments, I feel like I'm accomplishing something.
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I feel like people who come out to Los Angeles hoping to be an actor give up too easily, and/or they don't put in the amount of time that it really does take.
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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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As someone who makes his living as an actor, my routine varies almost every day.
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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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Television allowed me to kick the Hollywood habit of typing an actor in certain roles.
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It's always nice when you get a chance to actually work with the other actor. It just brings the scene to life, in a way that's not as easy to replicate on your own.
