Actors Quotes - Page 26

• One of the rules about being an actor or an actress is that you never diss other actors or actresses, particularly when you don't know them.

  Joan Collins

  Actresses, Knows

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• If you're a boy, you always want to be in a western; and any actor I know would like to be in a horror.

  Timothy Dalton

  Boys, Want, Horror

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• It's horrid to be called a Shakespearean actor because that's incredibly limiting, and we love acting. We like telling stories, anything that excites us we want to be a part of. Science fiction is fun too!

  Timothy Dalton

  Fun, Acting, Fiction

  "Timothy Dalton talks 'Chuck,' 'The Tourist,' and, of course, Bond". Interview with Christian Blauvelt, www.ew.com. November 1, 2010.

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• I am a theatre actor, but the last ten years I've taken parts in movies because it keeps me in money.

  Michael Gambon

  Taken, Years, Theatre

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

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• I've always tried to be an actor who... I just plod on and try to keep my mouth shut, mind my own business. I find the whole thing about people's lives... I can't understand it. I'm always astonished that people want to know anything about me.

  Michael Gambon

  People, Mind, Trying

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Here's the funny thing about the response I've been aware of to my dating famous people: It's been very negative. I'm either not good-looking enough, not a good enough actor or not successful enough for these people.

  Dax Shepard

  Successful, Funny Things, People

  "20 Questions: Dax Shepard". Interview with David Hochman, www.playboy.com. September 19, 2012.

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• I don't want to look old and worn, but what can you do? My real focus is being an actor. I care more about having the opportunity to play roles that I haven't played than I care if my neck looks like someone's bedroom curtains.

  Sally Field

  Real, Opportunity, Play

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• You know, people really don't understand what actors do.

  Sally Field

  People, Knows

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• I think the only thing I've got going for me as an actor specifically is the fact that I can change.

  Rufus Sewell

  Thinking, Facts, I Can

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

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• As an actor, to do all sorts of different films is great.

  Hugo Weaving

  Different, Film

  "Hugo Weaving Talks THE HOBBIT, TRANSFORMERS, and Red Skull; Says They Haven’t Filmed the Final HOBBIT Battle Yet" by Christina Radish, collider.com. October 14, 2012.

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• I think when your image becomes so big that it's hard for a viewer to see a character, then I think you're in danger as an actor of being unable to perform what you should be doing.

  Hugo Weaving

  Character, Thinking, Danger

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• As an actor, to play someone who's at war with himself, that's so interesting.

  Hugo Weaving

  War, Play, Interesting

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• When you work with directors who really love actors, who love their contribution, it feels amazing. But sometimes when you work with directors, you feel like youre in the way.

  Ruth Negga

  Way, Directors, Sometimes

  "Ruth Negga: 'I'm not in any rush to get anywhere'" by Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. November 3, 2012.

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• I still think that movies are amazing; I respect actors and directors.

  Joaquin Phoenix

  Thinking, Directors, Stills

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• American actors who voice animated movies are so brilliant at it, because by the nature of American speak, it's full of energy and full of commitment. And as a British actor, we have to kind of learn that.

  Helen Mirren

  Commitment, Voice, Energy

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• If one story becomes too hot, then you can't forget it. As an actor, you want to remain fluid.

  Andrew Scott

  Hot, Stories, Want

  Biography/Person Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• As actors, you become an expert at starting over.

  Lupita Nyong'o

  Starting Over, Experts, Starting

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• When I was younger, I was almost too afraid to admit that I wanted to be an actor. I didn't know any successful actors in Kenya, so I felt like I could get away with going to college to study film more easily than I could with saying, 'I want to be an actor.' That's what I did.

  Lupita Nyong'o

  Successful, College, Kenya

  "Lupita Nyong'o" by T. Cole Rachel, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 5, 2013.

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• Drama is my sweet spot, but the thing about being an actor is that you want to do a variety of things. I definitely love fantasy and would want to be in a fantasy project.

  Lupita Nyong'o

  Sweet, Drama, Want

  "Interview: Lupita Nyong’o Takes S&A Inside the Emotion and Brutality of Filming ’12 Years a Slave’". Interview with Jai Tiggett, www.indiewire.com. January 16, 2014.

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• I always love to learn new things. That's the reason I like being an actor.

  Lupita Nyong'o

  Reason, New Things

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• I can speak of actors that I love. I love Cate Blanchett, Viola Davis, her tenacity. I love Charlize Theron. She's so surprising and so exhilarating, the kinds of projects she takes on. Marion Cotillard as well.

  Lupita Nyong'o

  Kind, Speak, Tenacity

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• My immediate family was always very supportive. It was my own fear of the rest of the world not accepting me, the rest of our society not accepting my wish to be an actor.

  Lupita Nyong'o

  Supportive, Wish, World

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• As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough.

  Domhnall Gleeson

  People, Want, Littles

  "Domhnall Gleeson: 'Handsome is not really where I'm at'" by Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. August 16, 2012.

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• I think it's important that when people are struggling, that you not run away from them if you love them. Kristen, I mean, I look at the room tonight, you know, Kristen Stewart and Claire Danes, Jennifer Lawrence, all these young women that I worked with who basically were child actors like I was a child actor. And then I feel very protective of them, because even though I think I have managed to get through the process relatively sanely, I have my scars, and I hope to be in some ways a member of their family that's out there protecting them.

  Jodie Foster

  Running, Children, Struggle

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• I think audiences, producers and directors included, develop crushes on actors (actresses in particular) and then lose interest and move on to the next one.

  Julia Stiles

  Crush, Moving, Thinking

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

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