Actors Quotes - Page 28

• The Australian film industry is a small industry, so you have to really be flexible within working in different mediums. A lot of actors work in theater, film, and television, because there's not much opportunity in terms of employment there.

  Deborah Mailman

  Opportunity, Different, Film And Television

  "Interview with Deborah Mailman – Star of The Sapphires". Interview with Melissa Silverstein, www.indiewire.com. March 21, 2013.

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• I think it’s because there's quite a few of us now but because we’re less frequent than American actors - because Hollywood is the place to be for actors - and there's just a big rush when an Australian comes over just because there's less of them. I guess that's just how it is. Like if you pick a pink jellybean out of a jar of green ones it’d be amazing, but if you pick a green one, no one will care.

  Callan McAuliffe

  Thinking, Hollywood, Care

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• I did a short film called 'Disco' and won an award for Best Supporting Actor at an indie film festival, and that was nice. Hopefully there's lots more to come.

  Charlie Rowe

  Nice, Awards, Festivals

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• I always learn something from every actor I've ever worked with. I always pick something from them.

  Sam Huntington

  Picks

  "Brandon Routh and Sam Huntington Exclusive Interview DYLAN DOG". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 27, 2011.

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• When I was a little kid, my parents would show me Marx Brothers films and westerns and stuff like that. Thats where all my desire to be an actor comes from and probably most of my understanding of acting comes from for sure.

  Alden Ehrenreich

  Brother, Kids, Parent

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• Certainly there have been better actors than me who have had no careers. Why? I don't know.

  Richard Gere

  Careers, Knows, Has Beens

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• When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things.

  Richard Gere

  Safe, Feels, Simplest

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• It's a high honor to be a part of the Star Wars universe and such a long running show. Our talented writers, animators and cast of voice actors have made The Clone Wars truly unique. And of course we wouldn't have hit 100 episodes had it not been for our incredibly dedicated fans who make this possible!

  Matt Lanter

  Running, Stars, War

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• An actor shouldn't undergo psychoanalysis, because there are a lot of things you're better off not knowing.

  Paul Lynde

  Knowing, Comedy, Psychoanalysis

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

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• As an actor, you hope to find roles that are challenging to you as an artist. Then if you are truly blessed, you will find that it also carries a message that you can impart to your audience.

  Michelle Yeoh

  Blessed, Artist, Challenges

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I don't want to be a luvvie actor. It took a long time for me to accept I was an actor, a professional actor, and that, actually, I make a living out of this.

  Robert Carlyle

  Long, Want, Accepting

  "To be and to pretend" by Alastair McKay, www.theguardian.com. August 12, 2005.

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• The more people know about an actor the less convincing they become. A bit of mystery's a good thing.

  Robert Carlyle

  People, Mystery, Good Things

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

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• Many great horror stories are period pieces and English actors have a facility for historic characters.

  Robert Englund

  Character, Horror Stories, Pieces

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

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• But my favorite period for actors is the 70s. I think so many great movies were made in the 70s. The 90s just seem to be a confused decade. Nobody knows, really, what's going on.

  Ethan Suplee

  Movie, Confused, Thinking

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

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• This whole thing about winning and losing is muddy waters. But I can remember, as a young actor, just walking around this city and not being able to get arrested.

  Jeffrey Tambor

  Winning, Walking Away, Cities

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• I understand that if you set out to be a celebrity, then you asked for it, but all I wanted to be was an actor.

  Gwyneth Paltrow

  Euthanasia, Wanted, Ifs

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• I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans.

  Jean-Jacques Annaud

  Eyebrows, Should, British

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• There's a constant flow of child actors. It's kind of funny to watch the new crew come through. I think, You poor little things. You're going to have to struggle for a long time.

  Tina Yothers

  Time, Children, Struggle

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• Robert Taylor was not only a splendid actor in a wide variety of roles but one of the most handsome men in the western world.

  Audrey Meadows

  Men, Gdp, Roles

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• I don't give a damn about any actors. What good will John Barrymore do you with the bases loaded and two down in a tight ball game. Either I get the money (more than Barrymore), or I don't play!

  Babe Ruth

  Baseball, Games, Play

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• I see my face in the mirror, and I said, No, my ambition is not to be an actor.

  Dino De Laurentiis

  Ambition, Mirrors, Faces

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• The first actor I ever saw was The Lone Ranger. I thought: "That's what I want to do."

  Michael Caine

  Want, Saws, Firsts

  "The Prestige - Michael Caine interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• There are actors who spend 20 years working and still don't achieve what I've achieved so quickly. So I think my only course of action is to work as hard as I can, not just for the sake of the film, but also to prove to these people that I do have talent.

  Zhang Ziyi

  Thinking, Years, People

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• After working for years in Hollywood where the actors have taken over, it was a real relief to get down there and not only have some children, but also have some actors that had no attitude.

  Phillip Noyce

  Children, Attitude, Real

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• Look at someone like Edward Norton. A truly phenomenal actor. He's definitely went to school and trained.

  Jason Statham

  School, Hands, Looks

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. June 06, 2003.

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