Actors Quotes - Page 30

• It's important to me that I don't get trapped in the whole teen scene, because I feel that you can get lost in those kind of movies, and they aren't really about the actors; they're about the selling of the concept, and how much money it makes.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Important, Kind, Scene

  "Leader of the pack". The Guardian Interview, www.theguardian.com. October 14, 2000.

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• The hardest job an actor can do is all this pretend, all this screaming and being scared for your life.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Jobs, Hardest Job, Scared

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• I demanded two weeks of rehearsal because to me as an actor, that's the most important time.

  Christine Lahti

  Two, Important, Rehearsal

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• I finally realized that yeah I did want to be an actor and it wasn't out of habit, but I needed to grow up for myself and then kind of re-enter the industry with a sound understanding of what my sensibilities and my values are as a relatively formed human being.

  Claire Danes

  Growing Up, Understanding, Sound

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• I can make a better living as an actor than I can as a director. Though I certainly would prefer to be directing movies.

  Sean Penn

  Directors, Directing Movies, I Can

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• I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political or cultural fabric of your country.

  Christopher Eccleston

  Country, Political, Fabric

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

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• I play Xbox. I have a little boy to look after. I have dogs. You know, I have things to do. I would love to be able to sit down and watch something like a movie. I watch my own movies because I have to.

  Tom Hardy

  Movie, Dog, Xbox

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• Astronauts and teachers are much more amazing than actors.

  Joseph Gordon-Levitt

  Teacher, Astronaut

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• When I think it's good not to say the truth, I don't say anything. I don't like actors in general, they lie, they are liars, trust me.

  Melanie Laurent

  Liars, Lying, Thinking

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• Next year, if no one gives me any work, that's fine. I'm not going to do well anyway. I'm not an actor, I'm just exploiting this industry.

  James McAvoy

  Years, Giving, Next Year

  "The real McAvoy" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. October 15, 2006.

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• It's one thing in this business to actually work. 5 percent of the Screen Actors' Guild works. It's another thing to do work that's satisfying and that people are loving.

  Julianna Margulies

  People, Working It, Things To Do

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• I know this is going to sound corny, but I love my life. I love my baby, so I love getting to wake up with him. And I have the most amazing job, with writing that any actor would love and costars who I can't wait to see on Monday mornings. And I love coming home to my husband.

  Julianna Margulies

  Baby, Morning, Monday

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• I have actor friends, but they're not famous. I feel like if you're an actor or - famous, you have to overly prove that you're a normal, cool person.

  Amanda Bynes

  Cool Person, Normal, Prove

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• I didn't really want to be an actor when I was growing up - I wanted to be whatever I was reading about or seeing at the time. When I read The Firm I wanted to be a lawyer; when I saw Top Gun, I wanted to be a fighter pilot. So that's why acting probably turned out to be a good thing for me because I get to be people for five minutes or 90 minutes. I'd be curious to see if I had the attention span to be like those guys on 30 Rock and play the same character season after season.

  Jason Sudeikis

  Growing Up, Reading, Character

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• I'll tell you something that's completely true - you can, as a man, obtain everything you want with the truth. If you lie, first of all you've got to be a very good lying actor, which is tres difficile. And it's going to give you poison inside the body.

  Jean Reno

  Lying, Men, Giving

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• It is an actor's defect. I want everybody to like me, so I'll say what I think will please them.

  Jean Reno

  Thinking, Want, Please

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• I was a guy who needed to go to class, because I had some raw talent that I thought was identifiable, when I finally made a decision to be an actor. And yet I wanted to learn how to really do the stuff. You know, 'How do I get to be a serious actor?

  Jon Voight

  Class, Guy, Decision

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• Actors are observers. They're trying to have an understanding of human sensibility. And how do you have that accurate observation if you regard yourself as someone of great importance? When you're the one constantly being observed, because they view you as a celebrity? It's all wrong.

  Hayden Christensen

  Views, Understanding, Trying

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

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• My chosen occupation isn’t necessarily movie star; I see my chosen occupation as actor.

  Sarah Gadon

  Stars, Occupation, Movie Star

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• It's much less interesting as an actor playing someone who's purely good or purely evil.

  Michael Chiklis

  Interesting, Evil, Playing Someone

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

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• I just can't say enough about the actors having faith and trust in the writers and the writers having faith and trust in the actors.

  Kyle Chandler

  Have Faith, Enough

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

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• Well, I call myself an actor. I always wanted to be one.

  Don Rickles

  Wells, Wanted

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• I have always weirdly seen myself as more of a character actor. I have never been suave. I could never see myself playing James Bond. I suppose I could fake it, but I am certainly not James Bond in real life.

  James Marsden

  Real, Character, Fake

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• I think actors always retain one foot in the cradle. We're switched on to our youth, to our childhood. We have to be because we're in the business of transferring emotions to other people.

  Derek Jacobi

  Business, Thinking, Feet

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• Most actors hate watching their own films because all you can see is the glaring mistakes, your own tricks and ticks.

  Eddie Redmayne

  Hate, Mistake, Film

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