Actors Quotes - Page 18

• I would compare it to an actor. I drive myself into the character that later on is in the ring.

  Wladimir Klitschko

  Motivation, Character, Fighter

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• An actor would be foolish to do something that might hold up the picture, or more importantly incapacitate him. If an actor does do a stunt he needs to make sure a stunt man stands by to see that it's done correctly.

  Glenn Ford

  Men, Doe, Would Be

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• I love people who expect me to wear great, feathery costumes- and I do it. It's like an actor getting into his costume for his part. I don't really feel that part until I'm into whatever I'm going to wear.

  Elton John

  People, Expectations, Costumes

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• The dance that happens, between actor and director, is a very delicate thing...it's why people tend to work together on many films over and over.

  Sydney Pollack

  Delicate Things, People, Working Together

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• Having done 300 television shows and almost 60 movies, I'm tired of having guys who are younger than some sandwiches I've had, telling me to turn left at the couch. There's no appreciation of actors and no sense of history.

  Burt Reynolds

  Appreciation, Tired, Guy

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

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• I do not know if it is true that all actors want to direct and all directors want to act, but in 1972 I tried directing and decided I had better stick to acting.

  James Earl Jones

  Acting, Sticks, Directors

  James Earl Jones, Penelope Niven (1993). “James Earl Jones: Voices and Silences”, Scribner Book Company

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• I've never worked with an actor that I did not like.

  James Gandolfini

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• Of all the things I've done in life, directing a motion picture is the most beautiful. It's the most exciting and the nearest than an interpretive craftsman, such as an actor can possibly get to being a creator.

  Laurence Olivier

  Beautiful, Done, Craftsman

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

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• Of course, at their best, movies are anti-literature and, as a medium, belong not to writers, not to actors, but to directors.

  Truman Capote

  Directors, Literature, Mediums

  Truman Capote (2013). “Portraits and Observations”, p.271, Modern Library

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• I went to acting school, but only for nine months. If you're an actor, you know, don't really need to learn how to do it.

  Patrick Macnee

  School, Aggravation, Acting

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• I acted in junior high in the junior high school group, and then when I got into senior high I was, you know, the main actor of the senior high school.

  Richard Foreman

  Senior, School, Aggravation

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• Just listening to Pac, ain't gon' make it stop
  A rebel in your thoughts, ain't gon' make it halt
  If you don't become an actor, you'll never be a factor

  Lupe Fiasco

  Listening, Rebel, Pacs

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• Filmmaking is a huge privilege; it's not brain surgery. It's art, and art is supposed to be an enjoyable process, and it is an enjoyable experience for me.

  Lake Bell

  Movie, Art, Brain

  Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. September 2, 2011.

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• I even agree with the new digital ways of filmmaking, where you don't even have physical film in the camera, but to be honest, I wouldn't want to use it.

  J. Lee Thompson

  Movie, Agreement, Way

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• The '80s were about trying to establish myself as an actor with a career. And being a teenager enjoying the fruits of being successful with lots of what I think is appropriate for that age.

  Rob Lowe

  Teenager, Successful, Thinking

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• I've always known I wanted to be an actor. It never crossed my mind to be anything else. I think I probably decided for sure when I saw 'Sounder'.

  Christopher Judge

  Thinking, Mind, Saws

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• I was a writer. I just wasn't a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that I'd be a better actor than I would a playwright.

  Liev Schreiber

  Teacher, Lucky, Enough

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• The trick to being a good actor is getting so involved in your character that the camera disappears, the 50 bored guys eating doughnuts disappear, friends disappear. To get to that point when you don't have to think about it, you're just acting and reacting in those circumstances.

  Val Kilmer

  Character, Thinking, Bored

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

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• Being an actor is a religious calling because you've been given the ability, the gift to inspire humanity. Think about that on the way to your soap opera audition.

  Sanford Meisner

  Religious, Thinking, Inspire

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• I look at everything I’ve done critically - but I think that’s the job of an actor. If you ever sit on your laurels or think that you’re good - in a way, I don’t then think you’re pushing yourself.

  Nicole Kidman

  Jobs, Thinking, Looks

  FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Sep 26, 2016

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• Being present is the actor’s job. Being aware of your body, in space, and the emotions that are occurring inside, is essential. Well, quite simply, the more aware one is-of yourself, of your surroundings, of other people-the more likely you are to respond truthfully.

  Sandra Oh

  Jobs, Space, People

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• I'm not a big star in Japan. I'm an actor. I have a very normal life. Four days a week, I cook at home. A star doesn't do that.

  Ken Watanabe

  Stars, Home, Japan

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

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• What I try to do as an actor is constantly find that, find ways to risk, find opportunities to fall on my face if it's going to be worth it, and then maybe I'll surprise myself.

  Jeremy Irons

  Fall, Opportunity, Risk

  "Oscar, Tony, and Emmy Award-Winning Actor". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. October 27, 2000.

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• WHY is the most important word in an actor's vocabulary.

  Sanford Meisner

  Vocabulary, Important, Important Words

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• I love to watch good actors who surprise and amuse me.

  John Malkovich

  Watches, Surprise, Good Actors

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