Actor Quotes
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We must recognize the eloquence of our passions and refuse to be taken in. Instead of saying, 'That false friend always did despise me,' say: 'In my present state of agitation, I can't see clearly, I can't judge clearly; I am only a tragic actor who is declaiming for his own ears.' Then you will see the lights in the theater go out for lack of an audience, and the brilliant sets will be nothing more than painted cardboard.
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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.
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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 believe I am a better director than actor. I enjoy acting if the part is right. Directing comes very naturally to me. I enjoy it. I am very confident in my work.
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When you're an actor and you walk into a theatre where your movie is playing, you're kinda proud. "Look at my skill!"
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I've always wanted to act and I grew up a little on film sets when my dad was working as an actor.
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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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I recognize my physical limitations, but I am an actor who is able to transform himself into someone else.
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Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it.
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One of the things you can do as an actor, is compensate for the things you can't do in life.
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For some time, I thought being a producer would be a more fulfilling career than being an actor. But then I went to a conference in Cannes with 300 other producers, all desperately chasing finance for their projects... and realized being an actor wasn't so bad after all!
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I've been very lucky as an actor. I have worked all the time. Some shows I do, they get cancelled. Some, they're critically acclaimed, and then they get cancelled. And some, I'm in the last season of this or that. But I can't complain about my career.
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I'm an actor. Whether I'm on stage, in front of a camera or a microphone, what I do is the same - although with videogames it requires a lot of imagination.
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I still act. It's in my blood. I'll always be an actor.
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The Actor should make you forget the existence of author and director, and even forget the actor.
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If you were a kid actor, if you had any plans of being an actor as an adult, you were really barking up the wrong tree.
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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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A play has two authors, the playwright and the actor.
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I'm never going to be the lead actor guy. I'm real quiet and real happy and real fortunate to keep working. It's what I do. It's like the circus. I ran away and joined it a long time ago.
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I never saw myself as a character actor or a lead actor; I've only seen myself as just an actor.
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My mother implanted in me as a young girl...you can either be an actor in your own life, or a reactor in somebody else's.
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I hate the word celebrity. I'm not a celebrity, I'm an actor.
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There is a lot lacking on the intellectual side and on the values side when being an actor.
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I go to the movies a lot, and I regret when I see some actor that I used to like, to find them offering no more surprises.
