Actors Quotes
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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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Awards are meaningless for actors, unless they all play the same part.
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With actors, it's really about feeding them all the time. I don't get involved in their process. I try to do the opposite, feeding them, feeding them, feeding them, and you can see very easily how they react to it.
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People who call themselves actors and can't ever get work; they do need to get another profession.
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I wasn't sure I wanted to be an actor.
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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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Actors have to stay optimistic. The moment we start thinking otherwise, we're dead.
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I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.
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In England, I was a Cockney actor. In America, I was an actor.
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One of the things I enjoyed the most is just working as an actor.
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I don't think anybody planned for me to be an actor. I didn't. I didn't know this was what I was going to do.
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I'm a big fan of Frank Sinatra, he was the best at what he did. The last thing I do is model my career after him, though, because we do different things. He was a great singer and a great actor ... It never crossed my mind to emulate his career, because we have different interests.
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Hitchcock said he viewed actors as cattle.. but some were free range.
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I've come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting.
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It's nice to have recognition for doing a good job, but at the end of the day, I'm just an actor and I'm doing my job and I'm always trying to get better at doing that job.
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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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In this business actors who have Botox or surgery make you very aware of age. It's awful.
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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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An actor's job is to embrace emotions and situations that in real life we spend all of our time running away from.
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I think all actors are professional liars.
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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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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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Any actor will tell you, as soon as your ego and your vanity come into the mix, it destroys your work. Completely destroys it.
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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.
