Actors Quotes
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I don't think film actors need training, really, but I needed any help I could get.
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I've been on movies where I literally couldn't hear what the other actor was saying. It's very awkward.
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Let's be honest, any show will live or die based on how good the characters are, how good the actors are, how complicated the relationships are, how grounded they are and how much heart they have.
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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.
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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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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 always say YCDA: you can do anything. If you want to be a successful actor, you have to believe in yourself more than anything else, and dont let anybody tell you that you cannot do it because you can.
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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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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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If you work in casting, it's sort of not cool to want to act. A lot of people think that casting directors are frustrated actors, but it wasn't true with any of the casting people I knew.
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I'm very interested in directing actors - many directors direct cameras.
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Actors must practice restraint, else think what might happen in a love scene.
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To be an actor you have to be a child.
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As an actor, you usually live your life with faith.
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I think actors become jacks-of-all-trades and masters of none.
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Sometimes I say I feel more like a dancer than an actor, because there are things implied about being an actor that I don't really like. I feel more comfortable with the word 'performer'. I like being the thing. I like being the doer. There's a factualness to it. And then certain resonances happen out of how you apply yourself physically.
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We're actors at the end of the day. I don't take it home with me. My experience outside of work, I love... when I hear wrap, it's the most exciting part of my day. I'm the first to have my make-up off, in the car, out. I've gotta go home. I want to get back to my life. I love it back there.
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As an actor, I would call it a role where you get to stretch out a bit.
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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.
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To actors on opening night: You have had good equipment to work with. You've had a theater with everything you needed, and you are involved with the play; but all the way through you have been handicapped. One essential has been denied you. Tonight the audience is there; now they are sitting out front; you have everything you need.
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Very rarely do actors, even with features, get to live with a part for that long and really dig into it.
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I think actors like to be directed. Actors like to know where they're headed and what they want, so I'm very encouraging.
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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 certainly never expected to be a professional actor. I never expected to be in movies. I thought I would probably become a teacher.
