Actor Quotes
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A lot of really good actors are able to go straight from life to their work. They don't treat it as something that's an unattainable, weird thing that they have to aspire to and reach for in a scene.
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I don't really know where the rumors started. They just started. Because I saw a number of people rumored for the role and there was never any discussion, never any conversations. I think Chadwick Boseman is a great actor. I saw Get on Up and he killed that role. So, I think he's going to do a great job.
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But I always see myself as the filmmaker. I wonder if everybody else sees me more as an actor.
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My real training as an actor was when I started doing theatre.
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For some directors, I'm the actor from hell.
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You've only got a short shelf-life as an actor, and I want to make the most of it while I can.
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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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I think it's an actor's gift to be as old as people think you are.
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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 hate to think of the day when nobody remembers me as an actor and I can't get good tables in restaurants.
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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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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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I just wanted to be an actor. It's better to be well-rounded.
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The pleasure of working with somebody who's an actor is they don't waste time with stuff that doesn't matter.
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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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The process of doing plays will make you an actor.
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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'm pretty captivated by reality TV and I know that as an actor I probably shouldn't be saying that, but it's what I like to watch.
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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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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.
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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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I suppose the underlying current for me is the idea of not doing something I've done before. I call myself a character actor and I'm always trying to stay a character actor.
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How many times, in any actor's life, do you get to be a part of something that has a legacy like Buffy? I think that's only fortunate. I don't see the negative.
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I always had an actor within me.
