Actor Quotes
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You know, people make a lot of money talking about me, don't they? They just get on those shows, and they talk away. There's nothing I can do. And that's one of the great lessons I try to convey in my book, which my mother implanted in me as a young girl.. Is you can either be an actor in your own life, or a reactor in somebody else's.
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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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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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I like to be directed, it's true. If I didn't like that, I'd do something else. Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 think it's an actor's gift to be as old as people think you are.
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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 watched movies and thought, 'I want to be in movies,' and wanted to be an 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 just wanted to be an actor. It's better to be well-rounded.
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The process of doing plays will make you an actor.
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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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As an actor, that's the most that you can hope for - not only being part of a story, but being part of a story that matters.
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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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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 can't tell my self that I'm a serious actor. But I'm serious person.
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An actor is a man with an infinite capacity for taking praise.
