Actor Quotes
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It is so interesting when you meet an actor in real life and they look completely different.
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Sometimes in the life of an actor you're not getting offered any jobs that speak to you. The trouble with acting is that you're only as good as your opportunities.
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I think one of the things you have to be aware of as an actor is that if you come on the set and see the director standing there mouthing all the words while a scene is going on, that's usually a very bad sign because it means the director has already shot the scene in his head. He knows exactly the rhythm and the nuances that he wants delivered in the line and you're not going to dissuade him.
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Right now, if you're interested in being a dramatic actor, they're not making that many just regular dramas. Movies have to have some other thing going on.
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I'm more than an actor. I'm an icon, an industry.
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There are the obstacles of your position as an actor, not being a commodity enough to be hired by the big directors for projects that have some kind of integrity, because the successful actors who've been in the game for a while want those roles. So there's more competition, so you have to work harder and be right for it.
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I hate the word celebrity. I'm not a celebrity, I'm an actor.
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To be a character actor is to be open, to be a chameleon.
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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 think it's just growth, and development, timing. I've been fortunate to be around for a long time. Allowed me to get better as an actor. Allowed me to play better roles.
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I think every actor should direct at least once and vice versa.
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It's my job as an actor to commit to the role and not - through my own inhibitions - run away.
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The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when Holmes became a specialist in crime.
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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.
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One of the best jobs for a mom is being an actor. I’m very fortunate that I work a lot, but there’s also a lot of down time. I’ve been really involved in my children’s education, doing stuff with their school.
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I am an actor and this is holding the mirror up to nature, as it were.
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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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Certainly as an actor, half of your work is not going to end up on the screen anyway, because in the editorial process, they need to cut to the other actor in the scene. Very often, your best work ends up on the cutting room floor, because it just doesn't work with the overall narrative drive of the story.
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I am a great observer of things, and I do it all the time. I store stuff; I use it as an actor; that sort of recall, of emotional memory and images of things, just tastes of things.
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If an actor is bored, then they are boring to an audience. I definitely don't want to ever be that.
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I've always been an actor. I've always approached all my comedy as an actor.
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A worldly actor is a better actor. It sounds pretentious, but I think having these experiences can translate back into your work.
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Me and Biggie share a storytelling ability--he was an actor on wax, too. His stories were so vivid and torrid, he made you feel them. And we both have the hardness. When I come out on the mic, you know it's me.
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Because makeup happens in my life as an actor, face wash is a key. I use La Mer cleansing gel every morning, every night, sometimes three times a day. Also, I use Bobbi Brown's Hydrating Face Tonic that you put on after you wash your face. It just rejuvenates your face. It takes away that morning face.
