Actors Quotes
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If I wasn't an actor and I watched my films, I could easily be like 'This guy's a clown,' you know?
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I get a headache when films are too filled up with people. And I don't understand what's going on if there are too many extras walking around. This film was very comfortable for me, I want to see just the actors. This is how I can concentrate.
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I want to aspire to something like what Denzel Washington does, which is try to find scripts written for white actors - or Jodie Foster, who reads scripts for male actors.
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I love a lot of comedy actors and actresses like Kristen Wiig and Tina Fey and all those women who are really brilliant and funny.
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Not write, maybe develop. Direct, sure. As an actor, you work on so many films, you sort of start to see who directs well and who doesn't.
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In L.A. everyone is an actor. In Texas, everyone's a musician.
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The reason my films work is because every actor on set is very secure. They're able to fly.
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I love working with great actors.
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Actors are, in a sense, like athletes. They've got to stretch once in a while.
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I'm an actor and my job is to interpret.
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It's interesting for me to do the commentary with the actors because, as a director, you're so in your own world that you see it from your perspective, your issues and what you were trying to do, and then it's really very fun to hear their perspective on how it was to do a particular scene or how they felt, and sometimes, I didn't even know that, at the time.
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I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around.
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I wasn't sure I wanted to be an actor.
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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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Because of the tax on being different, individual actors in the labour market from different backgrounds can rationally value the same opportunities differently.
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Actors are born, good actors are trained. Dancers are born, good dancers are trained.
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The delineation between the actor and his part is a practical matter. When the camera runs, you want the actor to be the character.
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I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point.
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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.
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I think it's my job to risk looking foolish. One of the things I've learned from the actors I've worked with is you don't get something for nothing. If you don't risk looking foolish, you'll never do anything special.
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A lot of actors get concerned about their own image, even going so far as to rewrite a movie to best serve that image. All I want to do is be in good movies.
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I think basically an actor is a salesman.
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Everybody in L.A. wants to be an actor. I just wish I could meet somebody who doesn't act or sing.
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The excitement for me lies not so much in interviewing the hard-to-get famous person, but the person whom you are about to discover. You know, like maybe the character actors who are just coming into their own and you're realizing how great they are.
