Actors Quotes
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I'm an actor and my job is to interpret.
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More actors in action movies should be gangly because that way it's believable when they move through tight spaces.
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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 mean, I hate when actors talk about how hard their job is. It's ridiculous, because we have the best job in the world.
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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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There are a lot of people who want to be famous nowadays: singers, actors and, you know, it's like a roller-coaster. And when you are very sensitive - I'm very sensitive - you have to be very strong... You have to just not pay attention to the people who hate you, you know?
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I like songs that are part of a dramatic texture, and therefore I like the scenes to be active. I wanna follow the story and that means you lean on the actors.
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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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All directors should have to act and all actors should have to direct, so that they can understand all these key things that come into play with whether you can meet your day.
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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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Actors have to stay optimistic. The moment we start thinking otherwise, we're dead.
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I wanted to just surround myself with people who I think are better than I am, whether they're actors or directors or producers, so that I could learn from them.
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Directing has only increased my admiration and respect for what it is that actors do.
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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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All actors do that. Should do that and do that. For the most part. I say all actors. I'm exaggerating, but you know who does and who doesn't. Vince is a wonderful young actor who knows his work and did a beautiful job on this film.
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There's no such thing as a small part. There are just small actors.
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For the actors, there's something very important about that first showing of the scene to the crew, becomes like a little performance.
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As an actor, I love working with directors. As much as I love working with other actors.
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As a working actor, all I want to do is work. That's it. It's terrifying when you don't work. It's very hard when you don't work. There have been times when I've been out of work for like six months. I feel theatre to me is like manna.
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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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It's what I learn from the great actors that I work with. Stillness. That's all and that's the hardest thing.
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God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.
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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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I've talked to a number of actors who have gained weight for roles, and just the sheer physical toll it puts on one's knees and shoulders - no one wants to do it again. I'm 57 and I don't think I'm going to take on any job or go on vacation again and see to it that I can gain 30 pounds.
