Actors Quotes
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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.
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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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I like getting carried away by what is happening and then decide each scene based on the actors, the set and the light.
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In my movies, there has been little to do in the way of animal rights. I have never worked in a movie with animals. No horse-riding, no trained dogs, lions, bears. A few actors, but what could I do? We had to have them.
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I think if you're a competent actor with a good imagination, and if it's on the page, it makes your job a lot easier.
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I think actors become jacks-of-all-trades and masters of none.
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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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It doesn't matter if I have experienced actors alongside or novices. It doesn't matter if the director is one film old or a hundred. All I'm interested in is doing justice to the role.
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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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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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In England, I was a Cockney actor. In America, I was an actor.
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As an actor, you usually live your life with faith.
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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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I was born a character actor.
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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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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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Hitchcock said he viewed actors as cattle.. but some were free range.
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Sometimes people come in as a director, and they just want the result, and they barely want that to tell you the truth. Sometimes directors barely talk to the actors; they are so focused on the cinematic elements of the movie, getting the shot and getting the lighting right or getting the CGI effects right and all of that, and they just trust that you are just going to do what you do.
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I have a lot of friends that are actors, and I'm blessed to even have a job.
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Writers and painters have a medium that can foster self-effacements. Actors haven't. An actor can't hide himself behind paper or canvas. If you're not there your art's not there. That's why we actors are often such self-centered objects.
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I started a production company out of necessity, the need for great narratives for actors of color.
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Work was never about wanting fame or money. I never thought about that. I loved getting the job, going to rehearsal, playing someone else, hanging around with a bunch of actors. I needed that, the way you need water.
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I think even if you're on a screen or you're in a play, it's always a group effort. It's not just the actors, it's the editor.
