Actor Quotes
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There's absolutely no purpose for me ever to embarrass an actor by not getting the best possible performance. So, if it takes staying longer, then we'll staying longer and work through it.
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I've grown so much, not just as an actor, but as a human being.
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When I was younger I saw a movie called 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' with Paul Newman and Robert Redford. Those two actors and that movie was my inspiration to want to be an actor.
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I know that I am one and I've made a living as an actor and I enjoy being an actor, but when I'm not actually doing it, I forget that I do it.
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'Transformers' was important and defining for me because it taught me about what kinds of movies I want to make and the kind of actor I want to be, and I have a long way to go before I become that actor.
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I am not that big a method actor.
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But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.
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Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get.
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There may be 10 odd things which I want to do as an actor, and we get an opportunity also, but I need to be sure whether the person I am trusting or the role that I am relying on - is it the correct one?
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The more I find out about the dynamic and how it works, the more I realize how lucky I am to have ever got anything. Like... there was no need to put me in 'Cinderella Man' - there was no need. Why? Just get an American actor - it would've been cheaper, probably.
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Obviously I'd love to work with any of these great directors because every time I've worked with them I've gained a tremendous amount as an actor. Each director has his own way of pushing you towards improving yourself.
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Being an actor, imitating to the point of inhabiting the lives of others, may simply be a way of continuing to do what I learned to do as a boy - to travel, mentally and physically.
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The part an actor played on stage was once written on a separate roll of paper.
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As an artist, as an actor, as a writer, you have to use what's personal to you. You have to be personal about your work; otherwise, it doesn't ring true.
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I was a child actor. I was this spaz kid diagnosed with ADHD, and I worked all the time.
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The pilots I did test for, I was the only black actor testing against white actors for parts that were written white.
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Being actors is a strange job.
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I'm a storyteller, and I was an actor, so I have a fairly thin grip on reality to begin with.
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I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody can serve in public office without being an actor.'
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Michael Hogan is an absolutely brilliant actor, so anytime I get to work with someone of that caliber, I get excited.
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When I was a young person working, everybody was older than me, so I had to kind of keep up. I'd see every movie and listen to everything played, and read all the relevant books. Being an actor, it's kind of your job to know what came before you and how big your feelings are allowed to be.
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As an actor, you're sort of the court-appointed lawyer for the character.
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Poetry is almost like my foundation for everything. I almost feel I am a better actor and writer because of it.
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The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.
