Actor Quotes
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A lot of parents tell their children that if they want to be an actor, that's fine, but they should do something else first, so they've got something to fall back on. It doesn't work like that, as far as I'm concerned.
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If you want to be an actor, my advice is to learn your lines and don't bump into the other actors.
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It is not a question of who is the better actor.
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The process of doing plays will make you an actor.
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I think every actor wants to play those big parts. In the very first play I ever did, I remember understanding all the characters in it. I always felt I could play anyone.
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I always try that my next film is different than my last movie. I would like to surprise my audience; that, I think, is the job of an actor.
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I actually don't want to be an actor for the rest of my life. I'd like to go on to be a lawyer or a doctor, and I definitely would like to get into politics.
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Really I'm just an actor. The only difference between me and those cats in Hollywood is that I write my own script.
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I always thought the leading actor should be the best supporting actor, because you're the only person that can help every other actor on the set.
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Actors can be good, say all these beautiful, wonderful things - but where does it come from? It comes from the writers, and people kind of forget that sometimes.
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I think if you're an actor you kind of have to be willing to look stupid.
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You can be as good an actor as you want but, if your accent is too strong, it's going to limit you.
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Everyone has to pay their child support, and no matter if you're a Hollywood actor or anyone else, it's always a little bit more than you want to pay.
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To be an actor you have to have a certain amount of madness in you. That’s why, when people meet you and you seem very together, they are quite surprised - they don’t see you behind closed doors.
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'Brooklyn's Finest,' this is the kind of movie that's why I want to be an actor, to tell real-life stories. This is where I feel my job is, to interpret life.
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Being an actor you have a lot of expenses.
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I was only a leading man for a minute; now I'm a character actor.
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I'm identified as a New York actor, I sound like I'm from New York, and I couldn't be more proud of it.
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As an actor you don't control the end result. Because you're a director, you get to control the end result. I think for us, we really have to show up and participate and give. And then let go.
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I watched movies and thought, 'I want to be in movies,' and wanted to be an actor.
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Many an actor does the stage more ham than good.
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I can't tell my self that I'm a serious actor. But I'm serious person.
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I always had an actor within me.
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There is a very particular feeling I get when I have the camera in my hand, looking at an actor talk, knowing that what I’m shooting will end up on the screen.
