Actors Quotes
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There are lots of actors, and you need a way to stand out. Writing comedy sketches was a way of doing that.
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As much as Id love to be a successful actor, the thought of being recognised in the street is petrifying.
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I've always preferred actors who sing to singers who act in all the shows I've done.
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Actors must practice restraint, else think what might happen in a love scene.
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I was born a character actor.
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I would encourage you as a screenwriter to trust your story and don't make notes for the actors or don't make notes for the reader.
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It's rare that you get to work with actors, female or not, where you all get along. Just because of the nature of humanity.
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There is a strange pecking order among actors. Theatre actors look down on film actors, who look down on TV actors. Thank God for reality shows, or we wouldn't have anybody to look down on.
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As an actor, you're kind of aware of everything, or you try to be, so you take in certain habits or find certain things, such as how someone sits or how demure they are. You get those things about everybody.
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As an actor, I'll play anything.
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Whenever I mention Greg Kinnear's name to anyone, they always say, "Oh, love him!" He's a really terrific actor, and very funny.
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I think the toughest thing about being an actor in a film is to be with a director who doesn't know what they want. And that can be really, really frustrating.
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There's a lot of actors that I admire because they can just switch one second into the character. Then, they go back to jokes, and then they're doing something really dramatic. I can't do that. I have to really focus.
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Actors cannot work against each other. It's totally impossible.
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As actors, we have to be able to keep ourselves open to feel, and that's a life lesson I think many people don't get a chance to learn. In my personal life, I've learned to carry this lesson with me.
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We have so many male superstars, but there are just a few female actors who have attained that status. It is not only because of the industry; it's in the society.
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I think a lot of actors are overly concerned about being well liked in the parts they play.
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For the actors, there's something very important about that first showing of the scene to the crew, becomes like a little performance.
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John Hughes had such a huge impact on filmmaking.
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I prefer directing to acting. There is huge freedom that comes from being behind the camera. It brings a lot of responsibilities as well, but is intensely rewarding. Particularly the chance to help draw out the best in young actors.
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Most actors feel only one way. We're just grateful to have a job.
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Very occasionally I hire an actor and get it wrong. The actor just doesn't trust the process or me as fully as I thought they would. In this case, you can be quite sure that if an actor is untrusting, it's got nothing to do with me or the process.
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When you're doing a pilot, you're doing it in this bubble that almost works against the creative impulse. You don't have time to get to know the actors first, and you have three writers, as opposed to a room full of writers.
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Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it.
