Great Actors Quotes - Page 7

• To see great actors bring it all to life us exhilerating

  David Michod

  Actors

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• For me it came from the material. It was so well written and brought the opportunity to work with great actors. And of course the opportunity to mince about was an added element that I wanted to take advantage of!

  Dwayne Johnson

  Success, Sports, Opportunity

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• I always thought that Elvis could have been a great actor, and that he was put in a lot of unimportant movies when he could have done a lot of great ones.

  Patti Page

  Redneck, Actors, Done

  Interview with David Adams, www.elvis.com.au. November 29, 2005.

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• It's about storytelling. The story is told through images. So with the cast, I had to make sure that the emotions were readable without sound... I know some great actors, if you turn off the sound, you don't really know what they're saying

  Michel Hazanavicius

  Sound, Stories, Actors

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• I always thought that Bill Murray was one of the great actors that I've worked with. And I've worked with all kinds of people who are known primarily for their dramatic work.

  Ivan Reitman

  People, Actors, Bills

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• The secret of being a great actor is a love of food.

  Yash Chopra

  Secret, Actors, Food Love

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• It's absolutely impossible to have a serious critical discussion about enthusiasms for movie stars. Because a movie star is an animal separate from acting. Sometimes, he or she is a great actor. Sometimes a third-rate one. But the star is something that you fall in love with.

  Peter Biskind

  Falling In Love, Stars, Animal

  Peter Biskind (2013). “My Lunches with Orson: Conversations between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles”, p.193, Macmillan

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• Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing himself.

  William Manchester

  Men, Play, Actors

  1983 In Book of theMonth Club News, Jun.

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• All the theories that acting is reacting to imaginary circumstances as though they are real, and directing is turning psychology into behavior, those are all stabs at something that can't be taught. All the great actors can't talk about what they do, and they don't want to begin to talk about it. They just do it.

  Mike Nichols

  Real, Psychology, Theatre

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• There's one thing better than having a great actor, and that's having a great actor who's never done this kind of role before and is hungry to do it. They're testing themselves every day. They want to get out of their trailer and get to work.

  Sam Mendes

  Roles, Actors, Done

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• You know, I don't think you need to be educated to be a great actor.

  Mark Rylance

  Thinking, Needs, Actors

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

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• Great actors try to dismiss all ideas from their conscious mind in order to provide an experience that is real.

  Mark Rylance

  Real, Order, Ideas

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

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• If you got a good imagination, a lot of confidence and you kind of know what you are saying, then you might be able to do it. I know a lot of colorful characters at home that would make great actors.

  Jason Statham

  Confidence, Art, Character

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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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• Shammiji is said to be India's answer to Elvis Presley, but I say that Elvis Presley is America's answer to Shammi Kapoor. The mark of a good actor is the belief with which he gives a shot and Shammiji gave his each shot with a strong belief and that makes him a great actor of all times.

  Aamir Khan

  Strong, America, Giving

  "Aamir Khan Says Elvis Presley Is America´s Answer To Shammi Kapoor!". Speech at a felicitating ceremony of Shammi Kapoor, www.planetbollywood.com.

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• It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the great actors that I've worked with... Sir Ben Kingsley.

  Aaron Eckhart

  Feel Good, Actors, Als

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• Since I started making films, I've been a nut for dialogue. When I first saw Star Wars when I was 12 years old, I came home and recited all of the lines from it. Before I talked about Death Stars exploding and Tie Fighters I was talking about how funny Princess Leia was and how sarcastic Han Solo was. So to me that's always the most important thing, and I love hearing great actors say great lines.

  Bryan Singer

  Sarcastic, Stars, War

  Source: collider.com

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• The joy is when you work with great actors, it just comes to life in a way that you never even imagined.

  Victor Garber

  Joy, Actors, Way

  "Victor Garber Talks BIG GAME, LEGENDS OF TOMORROW, THE FLASH, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 29, 2015.

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• I suppose it's whether you want to be a famous person, or whether you want to be an actor. You have to decide what your priorities are. Great actor, huge star. Sometimes, the two walk hand in hand. Most of the time, they don't.

  Anne-Marie Duff

  Stars, Hands, Two

  "Real-life romance" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2004.

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• Id be lying if I said Hollywood wasnt still an ambition; its everyones, isnt it? Youre getting paid very well, youre working with great actors and great directors - who wouldnt want to be a part of that? But its not going to break my heart if it doesnt happen. This business is about doing good work rather than how famous it makes you.

  Max Beesley

  Lying, Ambition, Heart

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• Familiarity with any great thing removes our awe of it. The great general is only terrible to the enemy; the great poet is frequently scolded by his wife; the children of the great statesman clamber about his knees with perfect trust and impunity; the great actor who is called before the curtain by admiring audiences is often waylaid at the stage door by his creditors.

  L. Frank Baum

  Children, Doors, Perfect

  L. Frank Baum (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of L. Frank Baum (Illustrated)”, p.2783, Delphi Classics

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• Working with great actors - being part of something of that magnitude and not knowing the business and what the business entailed or any of that. I was so wet behind the ears, I didn't know anything. It's, like, you're watching movies, and then here you are in front of those people and working with them. It was pretty interesting.

  Mekhi Phifer

  Knowing, People, Interesting

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I always get a little bit pissed off when stand-up comedy is not recognised as being as good a craft as being an actor. We give Oscars to people and it's like, 'Aw, this person is the greatest person on earth', but being an actor is pretty easy in comparison to stand-up comedy. It's no surprise that several stand-up comics have gone on to become great actors. I don't know any great actors that have gone on to become great stand-up comics.

  Jim Jefferies

  Giving, People, Gone

  Source: www.gigglebeats.co.uk

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