Actor Quotes
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My favorite actor who played villains - who could play anything, really - was Jimmy Cagney.
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I'm a terrible actor. I would suck in films! The only way I would do well is if I was playing myself, which is what I did in my career.
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I feel these shows allow you to be yourself, this is why I like to be part of them. Also, reality shows have a much bigger reach and provide a bigger platform for an actor.
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I have to work really hard, eight shows a week, to get a nice check as an actor. But when I write a play, and it's a - knock wood - hit, the checks come in for many years.
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I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.
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I don't know if I'm a method actor.
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I am pretty hard on myself. But I think that's how it has to be if you want to keep growing as an actor.
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I'm a guy who had to perform some way. I had to perform in some way. If not as an actor, I'd perform as an artist. It would have been something that would be outstanding in its own way.
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Harold Lloyd was not a comedian. But he was the finest actor to play a comedian that I ever saw.
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I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.
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I am a professional actor, and I don't go about moralizing about what the character does. Otherwise, seriously, why be an actor? You're not making some kind of social statement. That's not what actors do.
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Working with Jon Hamm was super-fun because he's a brilliant actor and he's very kind. I would hang around sets for scenes that I wasn't even in because I wanted to watch how he worked.
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The life of an actor can be very enviable.
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One of the things I find about acting is that the less the audience knows about the actor, the more they're able to believe in him in the role.
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I don't prepare for anything very well. I am not a good actor. I don't read scripts.
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I'm no actor, and I've got 64 pictures to prove it.
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Every actor fears unemployment – even me.
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In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.
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It was never my goal to be an actor.
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I'm a character actor.
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I knew that I wanted to be an actor. Then it became about whether acting wanted me. So, I gave it a shot. It hasn't worked out too bad, so far.
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When I first started out, I was a bad actor.
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Onstage, even though you're here together with the other actor, face-to-face, playing out the scene, you also have that other ear pointed out toward the audience and how they're listening. That informs a lot.
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The lifestyle that comes with being an actor in a successful TV show isn't something I gravitate toward.
