Actors Quotes - Page 24

• I still think that movies are amazing; I respect actors and directors.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Thinking, Directors, Stills

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• American actors who voice animated movies are so brilliant at it, because by the nature of American speak, it's full of energy and full of commitment. And as a British actor, we have to kind of learn that.

  Helen Mirren

  Commitment, Voice, Energy

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• When I was younger, I was almost too afraid to admit that I wanted to be an actor. I didn't know any successful actors in Kenya, so I felt like I could get away with going to college to study film more easily than I could with saying, 'I want to be an actor.' That's what I did.

  Lupita Nyong'o

  Successful, College, Kenya

  "Lupita Nyong'o" by T. Cole Rachel, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 5, 2013.

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• Drama is my sweet spot, but the thing about being an actor is that you want to do a variety of things. I definitely love fantasy and would want to be in a fantasy project.

  Lupita Nyong'o

  Sweet, Drama, Want

  "Interview: Lupita Nyong’o Takes S&A Inside the Emotion and Brutality of Filming ’12 Years a Slave’". Interview with Jai Tiggett, www.indiewire.com. January 16, 2014.

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• I can speak of actors that I love. I love Cate Blanchett, Viola Davis, her tenacity. I love Charlize Theron. She's so surprising and so exhilarating, the kinds of projects she takes on. Marion Cotillard as well.

  Lupita Nyong'o

  Kind, Speak, Tenacity

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• I think audiences, producers and directors included, develop crushes on actors (actresses in particular) and then lose interest and move on to the next one.

  Julia Stiles

  Crush, Moving, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm really not an actor of any kind. I've always seen myself as an entertainer, someone who makes people laugh. That's all I've ever wanted to do. 'Doctor Who' has always just been me, really.

  Tom Baker

  Doctors, People, Laughing

  "Interview: Doctor Who star Tom Baker". Interview with Paul Whitelaw, www.scotsman.com. August 20, 2009.

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• It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.

  Val Kilmer

  Fun, Acting, Watches

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• There are lots of actors who are awful people, but nobody talks about them being awful because they've made billions.

  Val Kilmer

  People, Awful, Made

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• Every actor has his own identity. I don't aspire to be Bond. My quest is to do something new, something
  different.

  Abhishek Bachchan

  Identity, Different, Quests

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• The only fear I have is that I will wake up one day and nobody will allow me to do films. This is a fear every actor has.

  Abhishek Bachchan

  One Day, Wake Up, Film

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• For me, film-making is combining images and sounds of real things in an order that makes them effective. What I disapprove of is photographing things that are not real. Sets and actors are not real.

  Robert Bresson

  Real, Order, Sound

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Some actors count their lines as soon as they receive a script. I'm the opposite. I try to see how many lines I can whittle down. You can say just as much in 4 as you can in 14.

  Glenn Ford

  Opposites, Trying, Lines

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I can't say that I haven't done some bad acting in my time. I have. Usually that involves what we actors call indicating, when you twirl your mustache.

  Billy Campbell

  Mustache, Acting, Done

  "Billy Campbell Talks THE KILLING Season 2 and Fan Reaction to the Season 1 Finale". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 31, 2012.

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• Unfortunately for the 'Tomorrow' series, I feel that for the actors that were in the first film, maybe our commitment to it is done.

  Caitlin Stasey

  Commitment, Done, Firsts

  "Caitlin Stasey on Tomorrow sequel: My involvement may be over" by Amanda Diaz, www.if.com.au. March 27, 2012.

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• And to be honest, most actors are incredibly solipsistic.

  Molly Ringwald

  Honest, Being Honest

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• I don't think any actors love taking their clothes off on film, unless you're an exhibitionist, which I'm certainly not.

  Tamsin Egerton

  Thinking, Clothes, Film

  "Joseph Fiennes, Tamsin Egerton & Exec. Producer Chris Chibnall Interview CAMELOT". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 1, 2011.

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• I think voiceover is an adjunct that actors have picked up that have given us some security.

  Robert Stack

  Thinking, Given, Security

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• My favourite actors are all dead or dying. I just love Jimmy Stewart, Bette Davis, Katharine Hepburn - I was named after her - and Cary Grant. I just love old black and white movies and the stars in them. It must have been a great time to be in Hollywood.

  Katharine Isabelle

  Stars, Black And White, Dying

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• I started out as a writer and a director. I started acting because I wanted to know how to relate to the actors. When people ask me what I do, I don't really say that I'm an actor, because actors often wait for someone to give them roles.

  Chadwick Boseman

  People, Giving, Waiting

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think that Mos Def is the best actor, but when you talk about rappers in films, I don't really think the quality of the acting is most important because most rappers are put in movies because of the personality and people want to see that.

  Morris Chestnut

  Thinking, Rapper, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I always learn something from every actor I've ever worked with. I always pick something from them.

  Sam Huntington

  Picks

  "Brandon Routh and Sam Huntington Exclusive Interview DYLAN DOG". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 27, 2011.

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• When I was a little kid, my parents would show me Marx Brothers films and westerns and stuff like that. Thats where all my desire to be an actor comes from and probably most of my understanding of acting comes from for sure.

  Alden Ehrenreich

  Brother, Kids, Parent

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• When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things.

  Richard Gere

  Safe, Feels, Simplest

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• It's a high honor to be a part of the Star Wars universe and such a long running show. Our talented writers, animators and cast of voice actors have made The Clone Wars truly unique. And of course we wouldn't have hit 100 episodes had it not been for our incredibly dedicated fans who make this possible!

  Matt Lanter

  Running, Stars, War

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