Actor Quotes
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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'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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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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What I typically look for is something I haven’t done before; a new opportunity and a new actor muscle to flex. That’s always a huge attractive thing to me when I’m reading a script or a potential project.
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A magician is only an actor - an actor pretending to be a magician.
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I always take part in the creative process of every film of mine. Gone are the days where an actor would walk into the sets, finish his portions, take the money, and leave. In fact, I've been accused of being interfering - but that's the way I am. It is important for every actor to get involved with the script.
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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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Being an actor you have a lot of expenses.
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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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An actor needs to be not remotely anywhere close to in control, and a filmmaker has to be totally in control.
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I was only a leading man for a minute; now I'm a character 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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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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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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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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The process of doing plays will make you an actor.
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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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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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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 watched movies and thought, 'I want to be in movies,' and wanted to be an actor.
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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.
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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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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.
