Actors Quotes - Page 8

• A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

  Bertolt Brecht

  Men, People, Acting

  Bertolt Brecht, John Willett (1964). “Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic”

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• Love is the one emotion actors allow themselves to believe.

  James Spader

  Believe, Love Is, Emotion

  Playboy, May 2005.

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• In this country, you have movie actors and theatre actors and television actors

  Max von Sydow

  Country, Theatre, Television

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• For a long time, I really struggled with the idea of being an actor because I really felt that I should be in the Peace Corps.

  Camryn Manheim

  Ideas, Long, Should

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• Tim Robbins had real confidence in college. He literally stole actors from the theater department at UCLA to be in his plays. The department heads got so mad at him

  Daphne Zuniga

  Confidence, Real, College

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• I want to prove a point. That point is, actors are artists, not narcissists necessarily.

  William Hurt

  Artist, Want, Narcissist

  Interview with Daniel Robert Epstein, suicidegirls.com. September 18, 2005.

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• What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.

  Alan Rickman

  Talking, Bored, God Knows

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• It's hard to compare actors from different generations.

  Kim Hunter

  Different, Generations, Compare

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• Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think thats because we were trained - until now - in theatre.

  Brenda Blethyn

  Thinking, Theatre, World

  "I think I'm quite good at my job' by Gareth McLean, www.theguardian.com. July 26, 2002.

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• Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.

  Ellen Barkin

  Art, Keeping Secrets, Giving

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• The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.

  Joan Chen

  Differences, Expectations, Born

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

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• It's not my goal to be a famous actor.

  Gavin DeGraw

  Goal, Famous Actor

  "Gavin DeGraw remembers NYC struggles, knows his place" by Carolyn E. Davis, www.mtv.com. March 25, 2005.

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• I like to give my actors a lot of room.

  Nick Cassavetes

  Giving, Rooms

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• I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of the best damn actors we'll ever see.

  Jack Lemmon

  Best Friend, Brother, Lost Ones

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• Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter.

  Ivor Novello

  Different, Matter, Applause

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• As I told you, from the time I was fifteen, I thought the theater was too much involved with actors trying to make the audience love them, being over emotional.

  Richard Foreman

  Emotional, Over You, Trying

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• What impresses me is the young actors with terrific talent arriving on the scene. They'd have blown us all away in the old days. Guys like Brad Pitt.

  Robert Wagner

  Guy, Arriving, Talent

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• Acting doesn't bring anything to a text. On the contrary, it detracts from it.

  Elaine Dundy

  Acting, Acting From Actors, Contrary

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• Commercial jobs are pretty easily adjustable because they only take a few hours to complete, which is one of the reasons they are a Godsend to the actor.

  Thayer David

  Jobs, Reason, Hours

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• The fact of the matter is that most actors are shy people.

  Roger Moore

  People, Shy, Matter

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• I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms.

  Thornton Wilder

  Art, Theatre, Acting

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• Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior.

  Tim Robbins

  Real, Heart, People

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• I think most actors like to be liked.

  Anjelica Huston

  Thinking

  "The Life Aquatic - Angelica Huston Q&A" by Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I don't like people who use the press to advance themselves in a way that they haven't earned as an actor, performer or director.

  Jason Patric

  People, Directors, Use

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• A storyteller is basically what actors and writers are.

  Bruce Boxleitner

  Storyteller

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