Actors Quotes
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Any actor will tell you that you go where the work is, especially when you have children.
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A lot of actors don't like to see how they've done every day.
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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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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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Directing has only increased my admiration and respect for what it is that actors do.
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There are loads of black actors.You can't say: I'm going to vote for him, he's not very good but he's black, so I'll vote for him. You've got to give a good performance.
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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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I feel like I've finally made it as an actor. I've been doing this for years and you don't always make a movie that everybody likes.
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I love working with actors. If you cast the right person in the right part at the right time, they make you look like a better writer and director than you really are.
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Marriage is hard, and it can be tough when you're both actors.
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I believe there can be dignity in the acting profession. And I think there ought to be more dignity in the publicity an actor gets.
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I'm always excited to work with actors.
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For an actor working in television or film, I think it's important to understand how the medium works - how the camera and lenses work and how the sound and the editing works.
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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 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 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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All my characters are me. I'm not a good enough actor to become a character. I hear about actors who become the role and I think 'I wonder what that feels like.' Because for me, they're all me.
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Comedy is underrepresented in every actor's life, because it's so bloody difficult to write.
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I never understood actors who could just wait around.
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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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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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A real explosion is not only much more fun to shoot, it also helps the actors and creates an energy on set and ultimately in the scene.
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I lack confidence as an actor.
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Some deeply untrusting actors - the kind that need to know exactly what's what and are completely insecure - might be quite good within the parameters of a certain sort of acting.
