Good Actors Quotes

• What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?

  Laurence Olivier

  Lying, Acting, Convincing

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

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• I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting.

  Lord Byron

  Sensual, Acting, Actors

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• A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Men, People, Acting

  Bertolt Brecht, John Willett (1964). “Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic”

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• Dysfunctional families have sired a number of pretty good actors.

  Gene Hackman

  Numbers, Actors, Dysfunctional Family

  "Gene Hackman, Hollywood's Every Angry Man" by David Edelstein, www.nytimes.com. December 16, 2001.

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• Good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with them or not. It's like an affair with no mess.

  John Cusack

  People, Actors, Chemistry

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• But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.

  Vincent D'Onofrio

  Actors, One Thing

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• I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.

  Matt Damon

  Thinking, Acting, Directors

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. June 12, 2002.

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• Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.

  Bette Davis

  Fake People, Mirrors, Ukulele

  Whitney Stine, Bette Davis (1990). “"I'd love to kiss you-- ": conversations with Bette Davis”, Thorndike Pr

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• Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done.

  James Dean

  Men, Actors, Done

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

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• In order to be a good actor, I'm a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.

  R. Lee Ermey

  Order, Needs, Actors

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• I respond in the moment which is what makes me a good actor.

  Russell Crowe

  Actors, Moments

  "Explaining Russell Crowe". Interview with Daniel Schorn, www.cbsnews.com. November 02, 2006.

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• I'm only interested in being a good actor and in being remembered for my best films, not for the way I look. But it seems inevitable in this line of work that I have to care about the way I look without getting obsessed about it.

  Kevin Costner

  Looks, Actors, Care

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• Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too great.

  Fred Allen

  Funny, Humor, Cities

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• A good actor must never be in love with anyone but himself.

  Jean Anouilh

  Actors

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• I've never trained as an actor. I've always thought I'm not a good actor. I've been told I'm not a good actor by a lot of people.

  Jo Brand

  People, Actors

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• What I always wanted to get seen as was as a good actor, when it was the acting I was doing. When I'm writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer.

  Alan Alda

  Writing, Trying, Acting

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. August 24, 2007.

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  To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.

  Nicolas Cage

  Acting, Criminals, Actors

  "Out There with Nicholas Cage". Interview with Lawrence Grobel, movieline.com. May 1, 1996.

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• Perhaps I'm not a good actor, but I would be even worse at doing anything else.

  Sean Connery

  Would Be, Actors

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

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• The actor has to have some degree of craft, along with the talent. No one tries to laugh except bad actors. No one tries to cry except bad actors. How a character hides his feelings tells us who he is. Most people don't know that, and most actors don't do that. Therefore, there are a lot of actors who put me to sleep, that are considered good actors, but they're predictable and boring. I know how the scene is going to end before it ends.

  Martin Landau

  Character, Sleep, Laughing

  "Martin Landau Talks FRANKENWEENIE, the Love for His Character, Bringing Mr. Rzykruski to Life, Advising Other Actors and Collaborating with Tim Burton". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 5, 2012.

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• I like to think in camera, but at the last minute the most important thing is that there is something happening between the actors. But good actors can have a lot of scenes going around them but sometimes it sort of helps the performance because it takes their mind off of who they are supposed to be.

  Audrey Tautou

  Thinking, Mind, Important

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• I'll watch a Keanu Reeves movie and I'll go, 'Wow, he's really not a very good actor!'

  Ashton Kutcher

  Funny, Humor, Watches

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• In my theater days I assumed that you had to get rid of yourself to do a character well, and I don’t think I was a very good actor when I did that.

  Charlie Day

  Character, Thinking, Actors

  Interview with Guillermo Del Toro, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 2, 2014.

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• It's more fun to play a good character with a good director and good actors around you. That's what makes it fun, and the more variety, the better.

  Salma Hayek

  Fun, Character, Play

  "Blake Lively and Salma Hayek Talk About SAVAGES, Slapping and Spitting on Benicio del Toro, and Swearing in Spanish". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 3, 2012.

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• A good actor is like a racehorse or a Ferrari. If a cylinder is missing on a Chevy, it's doesn't matter that much. But if something's not working right on a Ferrari, it makes a big difference. It's the three percent that makes the difference between good and great. It's a fine line. If you're not there, it's very painful.

  Christopher Walken

  Differences, Missing, Ferrari

  Source: www.donshewey.com

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• Sometimes it's harder to play good tennis with a bad tennis player - the same way it's hard to be a good actor with a bad actor. It's just an unpleasant experience.

  Josh Lucas

  Player, Tennis, Actors

  "Josh Lucas on American Psycho, Russell Crowe, and the disastrous Poseidon set". Interview with Sam Fragoso, film.avclub.com. August 27, 2015.

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