Actors Quotes
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Comedians... they're different from actors. There's more ego there. They create the whole thing, I guess, so they're more precious.
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I was born a character actor.
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Movies always are open to being remade because times change so much, and the tempo of movies changes. I think of it like a James Bond. They can have different actors play the same role... I've had people come up to me and say, 'We want to remake 'The Jerk' with so and so.' And I say, 'Fine.' It just doesn't bother me. It's an honor actually.
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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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There's an inherent responsibility actors feel when portraying something that actually exists in the world. It's arguably something that not all actors would agree on because this is a craft, but for me, it's the emotion of what a character is going through that makes the performance what it is. We have a responsibility to bring those emotions to light.
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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 think when I work with actors it's all about a process of learning to be private in public, instead of performing in public. Which is what women do: we perform, especially our sexuality.
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The idea for actors is to make a living telling stories, so if you can do that, then you’re way ahead of the game.
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The actors that I do know are people who I think have souls, you know?
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Big actors want to work in television because they see it as being new and different.
Nick Willing -
A lot of movie stars are not great actors; they're just very good-looking. And when they start to age and they don't have the looks any more, then it's over.
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I honestly think I'm just an actor. It doesn't matter the medium. I can go on stage and be happy, I can be on TV and be happy.
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I love film people and actors and I am in the right world because I am one of those people.
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I think all actors are professional liars.
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Actors are such an insecure breed.
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With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in.
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I didnt know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didnt know any arty types.
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What it is is that comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write. Anyone can write, and then you leave it to special effects to make it look good. But comedy, you've got to do some writing.
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I think Russell Crowe is a brilliant actor.
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It is a tough business but if you get yourself in a situation like I, you can maintain a career over many years. That, to me, is a successful actor.
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I am a great admirer of other actors, but I never compete with other actors. I always compete with what I did last, and I'm my own most vicious critic. So I'm always trying to do it better.
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I think that's all you can hope for as an actor when you read a script; that after the first thirty pages it has some meaning to it.
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In England, I was a Cockney actor. In America, I was an actor.
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The best thing for an actor to do is take your attention off of how you feel about it, and put it on striving to obtain a particular objective. The happy result is that it brings out all this unexpected stuff in yourself.
