Actors Quotes
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Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices.
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I think the better you know yourself as a person, the better an actor you can be.
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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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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 never thought I actually could be an actor. I was always pretty shy and quiet.
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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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I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors had to play then. What would interest me today is to do a silent film.
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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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If my kids decide to be actors and really, truly love it and are passionate about it, then I would definitely want to help them along their way, but it's a tough business.
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Of course, people told me, 'Mikey, you will never be an actor. You don't have the look. You're ugly.'
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As actors, we want to challenges ourselves and put ourselves in different situations to see how we react and deliver a performance.
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I wouldn't say I'm a method actor. I do research when I feel I don't have enough experience for the part I'm playing.
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Actors are always looking for ways to build a character.
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I don't even think of myself as particularly good looking, and not at all a typical kind of Hollywood leading man sort of actor.
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Actors want to be told what to do - they really do. But they also want to have an input and be recognized for that.
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I think a lot of actors, especially actors with a theater background, have a musical ear. A lot of actors just want to be musicians anyway, and a lot of musicians want to be actors.
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It's a phenomenon that I see with young actors - a lot of American speaking parts going to British actors.
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Harrison Ford has always been one of my favorite actors. I grew up with Han Solo and Indiana Jones, and 'Regarding Henry' is one of my favorite movies of all time.
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I think as an actor you're lucky to have any film take on a life of its own long after it's left the theater.
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I didn't think I'd ever be able to do movies. That was for serious actors.
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A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the actors. I think all directors should go to drama school.
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People say to me, 'Oh, being a mother must make you a better actor,' and I think, 'Well, I never sleep, I have very little time to think about anything except when I'm actually there.' I wonder whether that makes me a better actor. I think it must on some level.
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The '80s were a time of technical wonder in filmmaking; unfortunately, some colleges didn't integrate their film and theater departments - so you had actors who were afraid of the camera, and directors who couldn't talk to the actors.
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As an actor, you never want to feel like a tool. You never want to feel like, "Hey, just come here, say this, stop here, look this way," and that's it. You want to have a little input.
