Famous Actor Quotes

• It's not my goal to be a famous actor.

  Gavin DeGraw

  Goal, Actors

  "Gavin DeGraw remembers NYC struggles, knows his place" by Carolyn E. Davis, www.mtv.com. March 25, 2005.

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• Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works.

  Oliver Stone

  Movie, Great Year, Greed

  "Wall Street". www.imdb.com. 1987.

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• Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.

  Michael Douglas

  Movie, Great Year, Greed

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• I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

  Mario Puzo

  Movie, Hollywood Films, Film History

  The Godfather ch. 1 (1969)

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• I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.

  Marlon Brando

  Movie, Film History, Hollywood Films

  "Fictional character: Don Vito Corleone". "The Godfather", www.imdb.com. March 14, 1972.

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• I love acting. It is so much more real than life.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Funny, Life

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.55, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Open the pod bay doors, Hal.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Movie, Doors, Great Year

  Arthur C. Clarke (2012). “2010: Odyssey Two”, p.227, RosettaBooks

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• Acting deals with very delicate emotions. It is not putting up a mask. Each time an actor acts he does not hide; he exposes himself.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Acting, Doe, Actors

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• Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation.

  Bette Davis

  Acting, Stage Actors, Wonder

  Bette Davis (1962). “The lonely life: an autobiography”, Putnam's

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• Just be truthful - and if you can fake that, you've got it made.

  Barbara Stanwyck

  Success, Fake People, Truth

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• You can't handle the truth!

  Jack Nicholson

  Movie, Memorable, Great Year

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• Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

  Clark Gable

  Movie, Badass, Wind

  "Fictional character: Rhett Butler". "Gone with the Wind", 1939.

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• The principal benefit acting has afforded me is the money to pay for my psychoanalysis.

  Marlon Brando

  Funny, Humorous, Acting

  "Marlon Brando: The Only Contender". Book by Gary Carey, Ch.13, 1985.

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• A boy's best friend is his mother.

  Joseph Stefano

  Movie, Family, Mom

  "Fictional character: Norman Bates". "Psycho", www.imdb.com. 1960.

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• To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves.

  James Dean

  People, Acting, Needs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• May the Force be with you.

  George Lucas

  Movie, Film History, Psychics

  Star Wars (motion picture) (1977)

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• Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil.

  W. C. Fields

  Husband, Devil, Acting

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• Acting is the perfect idiot's profession.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Perfect, Acting, Actors

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• Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

  George Burns

  Funny, Success, Fake People

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• Jason Lee is the most famous actor from Hawaii I can think of.

  Tia Carrere

  Thinking, Jason, Actors

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

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• My dad's always been a famous actor, so I've grown up with that, and with the lifestyle. In a way, I think I thrive on the insecurity that comes with it. Not in my private life - I like to believe that my friendships and my relationships are strong.

  Alice Eve

  Strong, Dad, Believe

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• If I meet someone at a bus stop, I want to really meet that person. I don't want to be 'Hugh Jackman, the famous actor.'

  Hugh Jackman

  Bus Stops, Actors, Want

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• A famous actor, Edmund Kean, on his deathbed, was reported to have said, "Dying is easy. Comedy is hard."

  Melvin Helitzer

  Dying, Actors, Comedy

  Melvin Helitzer (1992). “Comedy Writing Secrets”, Writers Digest Books

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• I don’t want kids to think it’s okay to drop out of school and get high, and they’ll be famous actors, too.

  Cory Monteith

  School, Kids, Thinking

  "Cory Monteith's Turning Point". Interview with Shawna Malcom, parade.com. June 24, 2011.

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• Go find very early versions of things: the first TV pilot of a later-successful TV show; early audition tapes by famous actors; early demos by famous musicians. Focus on these early examples, not what they became over the next 20 years. Remember that what you're doing will constantly improve.

  Derek Sivers

  Successful, Years, Tv Shows

  "Brave Interview: Derek Sivers". Interview with Margie Warrell, www.business2community.com. July 5, 2015.

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