Actors Quotes
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Everybody's on their toes and focused on what we're about to do, and then there's this moment where you relax because you see that everybody is there to do the best that they can. Everyone opens up to one another right away. That's a terrific thing. I love that about actors. They know how personal this job is.
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I have always wanted to do a book about actors because I think that the death of a character is a tremendously emotional experience.
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All actors have their own unique path when it comes to the development of their training and careers.
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When actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that.
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The father-son thing, that's a separate thing. This film [Forsaken] was not about that. This was a film about two actors wanting to try and tell a story... and taking advantage of the fact that we looked like a father and son.
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I lack confidence as an actor.
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I had spent my entire career not wanting to talk about weight, not wanting to deal with it, wanting to be an actor first.
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Every actor wants to break out of the box that they put you in and that's where I'm heading, out of the box as fast as I can.
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Actors are the only honest hypocrites.
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I went to Queen's University Belfast and stayed nine months, then I ran away to be an actor.
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There are a lot of things that dancers can do that actors cannot and actors can do that dancers cannot.
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When you start out as an actor, you read a script thinking of it at its best. But that's not usually the case in general, and usually what you have to do is you have to read a script and think of it at its worst. You read it going, "OK, how bad could this be?" first and foremost. You cannot make a good film out of a bad script. You can make a bad film out of a good script, but you can't make a good film out of a bad script.
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It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and imagination to provide us with some of the most innovative filmmaking out there today.
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I have great admiration for athletes. They are just like actors in a lot of ways. They have tremendous pressures and conflicts. They have to compete, and they can't stay home just because they have a head cold.
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If you're lucky enough to work with great actors and creative people, they're always just going to be who they are, so I don't think there's a difference between the Brits and the Americans.
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When I used to do tours, I'd be anxious and nervous on the plane returning to New York. I now realize the reaction was because I was coming back unemployed. Actors are constantly being put to the test.
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Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don't look at you as an actor who can transform. A lot of people are so literal.
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I'm not the writer who says, "You have to say it exactly as I wrote it," because you don't get good work. You want somebody who's going to bring something interesting to it and really create a character with you. You see that with certain actors.
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I've been working as an actress since I was very young, and I know a lot of people who are actors who don't have to deal with having a persona... You know, if you look up the word persona, it isn't even real. The whole meaning of the word is that it's made up, and it's like I didn't even get to make up my own. It can be annoying.
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You get better as an actor over time if you're growing. Like singers.
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When I hire actors I believe in their abilities.
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Tom Cruise is one of the most successful actors of all time.
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I love to take actors to a place where they open a vein. That’s the job. The key is that I make it safe for them to open the vein.
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The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.
