Actors Quotes
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I couldn't remember ever having seen a young man with such power, so many facets of expression, so much sheer invention as an actor.
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To be frank: the translations that often sound bad in the mouths of the actors, these have often been done by linguists.
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Actors between plays are like ghosts looking for bodies to inhabit.
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There's the art house movies and the action movies and the chick films. I think the same thing's happening with actors.
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I was born a character actor. I was never really a leading man type.
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With any actor, rather than tips, I think when you enjoy working with somebody and you enjoy what they do, I think your reaction is partly to be doing what they're doing, so you're learning all the time, whether it be sub-consciously or whether it be just through the person you enjoy working with.
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I think by default I wanted to be an actor because, on a movie set as a little kid, the only thing that you can do is be an actor. And I was really enthralled by the whole process.
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If you're an actor and you don't act for a long time you sort of think, I wonder if I can still do it.
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There's something very interesting about the way each individual actor approaches stuff.
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As actors we always say that once the person in a scene gets what they want, the scene is over. It's resolved. But life is never resolved - you're always in the process.
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That mental grind is the same, and this show has to be approached with the same mentality. Rest is paramount. Taking care of my voice and making sure I have the right foods in my body is paramount. Making sure I'm doing my technique work and staying in the script is all substantial. Continually pushing myself to find different nuances in the character on a nightly basis. This is definitely boot camp for me all over again, and Broadway in general is a boot camp for all actors.
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I look for something that grabs me and that's heartfelt, and that's coming from a good place. I want to work with good actors and with directors that I can learn from.
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William Hartnell was one of the great unsung character actors of his time
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I love involving actors at all levels - and they have to know that I want to hear their contributions, with dialogue, with story suggestions, with script changes, whatever.
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In nighttime series, the actor gets billing up front on every episode.
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When you work with a good actor, there is this natural rapport and chemistry that develops over time. That chemistry helps your characters come alive and makes the story of the film that much more convincing.
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Because we're actors we can pretend and fake it, but I'd rather the intimate investment was authentic.
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A movie is really provocation. It's not a message, it's not a statement.
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Actors walk around wearing these little tool-belts of acting skills. And I just don't find that interesting to watch. I never want to see someone who clearly can cry at the drop of a hat. That's so uninteresting.
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Preparing a character is the opposite of building-it is a demolishing, removing brick by brick everything in the actor's muscles, ideas and inhibitions that stands between him and the part, until one day, with a great rush of air, the character invades his every pore.
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I think television has become such an interesting place for characters and for incredible storytelling. Half of what I watch are television shows that I've become obsessed with. I just think that it's opened up so much, to be such an interesting and creative medium, and so many wonderful directors and actors are moving to television because it is a great medium for telling stories and for creating a character over a long period of time.
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When you're rapping, you do have to perform to a certain degree, but not every rapper is necessarily a gifted actor.
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As an actor, it's your job to find the way to play a character. I think you can latch on to some things that might have happened.
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That's one of the fun parts of becoming an actor: You can become whoever you want to be.
