Great Actors Quotes - Page 4

• Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.

  Sam Mendes

  Character, Talking, Silence

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• Josh Brolin is an actor that I really, really like; he's fantastic. I worked with him once; he's a really great actor.

  Rob Zombie

  Actors, Fantastic, Josh

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• Blot out from the page of history the names of all the great actors of his time in the drama of nations, and preserve the name of Washington, and the century would be renowned.

  Chauncey Depew

  Drama, Names, Would Be

  Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1910). “Oration and memorial addresses”

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• I don't like improv at all. It terrifies me. I like to know exactly what I'm going to say. Being surprised does make me a better actor. Anytime I'm afraid of something that makes me rise to the occasion, it scares me, but it's what makes great actors - being in the moment.

  Jesse Tyler Ferguson

  Scare, Doe, Actors

  "Jesse Tyler Ferguson: The Bemused Exasperation Expert" by Maggie Lange, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 16, 2012.

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• The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage.

  Ethel Barrymore

  Acting, Actors, Theater

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• Young girls of 13 or 12 are great actors.

  Dario Argento

  Girl, Actors, Young

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• I want to work with great filmmakers and great actors and get better as an actor.

  Bradley Cooper

  Get Better, Actors, Want

  Interview with Jason Newman, www.bullz-eye.com. March 16, 2011.

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• I've come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting.

  Simon Callow

  Acting, Needs, Actors

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• I've long been a fan of Chiwetel Ejiofor. I think he's a great actor. He's my kind of guy. He does what I aspire to do.

  Garret Dillahunt

  Thinking, Long, Guy

  "Garret Dillahunt Talks About the Challenge and Heightened Language of TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE" by Christina Radish, collider.com. June 12, 2012.

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• I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.

  Gale Gordon

  Years, Joy, Actors

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• We've all seen great actors and actresses who are missing a certain chemistry. And it's not about getting along or not getting along.

  Johnny Galecki

  Missing, Actors, Actresses

  "'The Big Bang Theory' Cast On Being Part of an Ensemble". Backstage Interview, www.backstage.com. November 29, 2012.

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• [Making movies is] 80% script and 20% getting great actors. There's nothing else to it.

  William Wyler

  Directors, Actors, Scripts

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• I love being around great actors and film-makers, and I try to hide the fact that I'm in awe of them.

  Jessica Chastain

  Love Is, Trying, Actors

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

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• I think all great actors - and I don't classify myself as one of them, incidentally - but I think all great actors listen well and I've learned that from a lot of the very good actors with whom I've worked - to really listen to what people say.

  John Frankenheimer

  Thinking, People, Actors

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• There are many interactions that an actor like me has in public when he gets recognized. The best are 'You're a great actor, good work,' and move on. A very good interaction could be when they say 'You were awesome on 'The West Wing,'' 'Loved 'In Her Shoes,' great movie,' ''What Women Want,' good job dude.

  Mark Feuerstein

  Jobs, Moving, Wings

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• If I have enough ego to say I'm a writer, a director, a producer, and an actor, I should have the energy and the knowledge to write a scene for this great actor named Henry Fonda and direct him in it and have it work.

  Peter Fonda

  Writing, Should Have, Ego

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• Michael Caine is a movie star, but he's also a great actor. I can't say that about every movie star. It's the concentration he has.

  Norman Jewison

  Stars, Actors, Concentration

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• I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.

  Olivier Martinez

  Believe, Age, Actors

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• There's so many things I want to do. I want to work with great filmmakers, great actors, great scripts. And there's no reason for me to do anything short of that, because I'm 24, I don't have a family, I don't need to make tons of money, and I'm not dying to get famous.

  Tobey Maguire

  Dying, Needs, Actors

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• As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That's all.

  Amy Sherman-Palladino

  Writing, Actors, Want

  "Amy Sherman-Palladino on Bunheads, Gilmore Girls, and not making mediocre TV". Interview with Erik Adams, www.avclub.com. January 14, 2013.

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• I'm lucky to just be a working actor. There are so many great actors out there and I'm just lucky to have gotten work.

  Chris Messina

  Lucky, Actors

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• I get to play a great character while working with great actors and great directors on a great show.

  Harry Hamlin

  Character, Play, Directors

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• Listen, I like great actors. You can be a movie star without being a great actor - this has been proved several times - and I like my casts to have great actors. Acting is more important to me than being a star.

  Jose Padilha

  Stars, Important, Acting

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• I'm lucky to have worked with great actors, my whole career.

  Elizabeth Banks

  Careers, Lucky, Actors

  Source: collider.com

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• Working at BBC, at the head of one of the top dramas, is a tradition for great actors.

  Idris Elba

  Drama, Actors, Tradition

  "Idris Elba and Ruth Wilson Interview LUTHER". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 2, 2010.

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