Actor Quotes
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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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I tend to love actors. I was trained as an actor first so I'm drawn to actors.
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I am not that big a method actor.
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I never have such luxury of leisure time. But whenever I get some time, I catch up on watching movies, keep going to theatre to watch plays, gigs of my actor friends.
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I admire Cate Blanchett as an actor: that's my ultimate goal. To be as good as she is!
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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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But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.
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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'm a storyteller, and I was an actor, so I have a fairly thin grip on reality to begin with.
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As a television actor, I was held to a tight, rigid structure.
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It's part of the job of the actor to torture the director.
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The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.
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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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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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Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get.
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I have to prove myself in a lot of ways - as an actor, as a person, as someone who can handle pressure.
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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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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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The part an actor played on stage was once written on a separate roll of paper.
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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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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 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'm a very proud actor.
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I think of myself as an actor.
