Actors Quotes
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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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A theater is such a revealing form of art, such a transparent and good actors, they're such powerful individuals. I always kind of dreamt that one day I will open my mouth on stage.
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Usually I approach to acting completely blindfolded. I read the script, I connect to the character, and then I try not to think about it too much until I'm there and I'm in wardrobe and I'm with the other actors and we're going through the scene once.
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I think a lot of actors are overly concerned about being well liked in the parts they play.
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I grew up in a family of strong women and I owe any capacity I have to understand women to my mother and big sister. They taught me to respect women in a way where I've always felt a strong emotional connection to women, which has also helped me in the way I approach my work as an actor.
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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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I admired Marlon Brando as I grew up. I though he was one of the finest screen actors around.
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I don't have to meet actors. I'm really blessed that I don't have to do all that horseshit.
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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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Awards are meaningless for actors, unless they all play the same part.
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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 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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I'll never admit that I'm an actor, because the next horrible follow-up question is always, "Oh, what have I seen you in?"
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I wasn't sure I wanted to be an actor.
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Living as an actor is rather like living life on the trapezes in a circus. Every time you jump on, you have to pray that, when the time comes for you to jump off, there is another trapeze swinging your way.
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I really love being a character actor.
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When becoming a character, you have to steal. Steal whatever you see. You can even steal from other actors' characterizations; but if you do, only steal from the best.
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I'm a professional at what I do. I'm an actor. I've been on enough movie sets to know the difference between a stage light and an apple box. I know the difference. Why? Because I've been around it long enough and I know.
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I think actors' careers have highs and lows, and ups and downs. It just really all depends.
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I shoot people in a way that makes the audience feel equal to them. And it's hard to express and it's hard to execute but I think it works on every level - the choice of the material the choice of the actor, my relationship with the actor, and so on.
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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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You know, a lot of actors I think go into acting for therapy from whatever trauma has affected them as children. But for me, I think I sought out the drama. That's why I like doing what I do.
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I know a lot of actors who started out as musicians and have very successful careers as actors, but most people don't know them as musicians.
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Set designers, costume designers, actors, writers, music, that's what is beautiful.
