Actors Quotes - Page 38

• The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards.

  Elia Kazan

  Dinner, Firsts, Should

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• The part an actor played on stage was once written on a separate roll of paper.

  Talcott Parsons

  Paper, Stage, Written

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• I'm always happier and a better actor when I can really lose myself in a character and become somebody else.

  Kevin Bacon

  Character, I Can, Loses

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• I spent about a year and a half doing technical post work on 'The Fountain'. Although I do like the process, I think my favorite part of filmmaking is the actors.

  Darren Aronofsky

  Thinking, Years, Half

  Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. December 18, 2008.

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• I think I have more of a director's brain than an actor's brain, in a way.

  Helen Hunt

  Thinking, Brain, Directors

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• I've always wanted to do a family movie.

  Adam Sandler

  Movie, Wanted

  "Adam Sandler, Adam Shankman, Russell Brand, Keri Russell and Matt Lopez Interview BEDTIME STORIES". collider.com. December 21, 2008.

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• Things are changing. I've been training since I was 9 years old to stretch my wings as an actor dramatically, but have never really been afforded the opportunity to show that.

  Anthony Anderson

  Opportunity, Years, Wings

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

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• Romeo Must Die was the first film that I did where I was able to just be free as an actor.

  Anthony Anderson

  Firsts, Able, Film

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• There isn't a switch that I turn on. I'm an actor. This is what I do.

  Anthony Anderson

  Turns, Turn-on

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

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• Directors are the captains of the ship, and it's your job as the lead actor to make sure that the rest of the cast understand that by doing whatever he says.

  George Clooney

  Jobs, Captains, Ships

  "Again, with 20% more existential grief". Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. February 13, 2003.

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• It's true what people say - that actors are the closest thing there is to children. They play.

  Nastassja Kinski

  Children, Play, People

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

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• I don't know how other people perceive the lives of actors, but my life is fairly ordinary. I go to work, I come home, I put my kids to bed. If I'm home in time for dinner, I have dinner, and then it's bedtime.

  Steve Carell

  Home, Kids, People

  Interview with Carole Cadwalladr, www.theguardian.com. August 21, 2010.

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• When you do an animated movie - at least the ones that I've been a part of - you never see any of the other actors. It's all done separately with headphones in a voice booth.

  Steve Carell

  Voice, Done, Headphones

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• I started off on stage because it was the only work I could get. I haven't been back for 11 years. I think any stage experience is good experience, as far as being an actor is concerned.

  Tim Roth

  Thinking, Years, Stage

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• I'm passionate about being an actor, but I'm definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol.

  Dustin Clare

  Sex, Passionate, Symbols

  "Dustin Clare Interview SPARTACUS: GODS OF THE ARENA". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 23, 2011.

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• Acting is something I appreciate, and I think it's been an amazing experience. But I'm not passionate about acting the way you probably should be to call yourself an actor.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Thinking, Appreciate, Acting

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• I don't really see myself as an actor.

  Youssou N'Dour

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• My whole family is very artistic - my uncles are all actors and theatre directors.

  Morena Baccarin

  Uncles, Theatre, Directors

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

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• If my kids decide to be actors and really, truly love it and are passionate about it, then I would definitely want to help them along their way, but it's a tough business.

  Josie Bissett

  Kids, Passionate, Want

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• I don't really consider myself one of those actors who takes his work home with him.

  Jeff Bridges

  Home

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• I really enjoy being an actor!

  Vincent Cassel

  Enjoy

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• The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.

  Peter Jackson

  Movie, Becoming One, Form

  "James Cameron, Peter Jackson on Film Technology". www.newsweek.com. December 20, 2009.

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• But I've never been really rebellious. I've got a lot of support and I'm not pushed so hard that I feel like I'm going to burn out, which is what happens to a lot of actors in their early twenties.

  Ellen Page

  Support, Twenties, Rebellious

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• People get on a show and they fought tooth and nail. Almost 95% of the actors out there want to be on a television series. Then as soon as they get onto one, no, no, I want to be a movie star. This television series stuff, no, no no.

  Victoria Pratt

  Stars, People, Teeth

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• A lot of actors think they can't be happy without the acting... But I think I couldn't be happy with it anymore.

  Genie Francis

  Thinking, Acting

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