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Actor Quotes
The craft, nerves, and quiet discipline of acting.
These actor quotes capture the appeal of the work itself over the discomfort of interviews, the rehearsal room as the real proving ground, and the personal risk of choosing acting as a career in the first place. See Character for more on building a role.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Busy
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Since I started, like, 200 years ago, I've always wanted to direct and write. But I've been so busy - and fortunate and lucky - as an actor.
- Being
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My mother's sobriety - that's when I found the theater, that's when I moved from being a basketball player to being a musician, to being an actor, to then being a writer.
- Better Actor
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To be totally sincere, I'd surely be a better actor today if I hadn't played Columbo all these years.
- Life
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I don't socialize. I'm kind of a hermit. The life of an actor can be very lonely.
- Days
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An actor can come in with a specific energy and get it on film over several days or weeks, but as the producer, I'm responsible for the overall trajectory of the project.
- Lives
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In live stage, the actor lives.
- Become
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I always think that I would have become an actor if I hadn't been a soccer player.
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Theater is an engagement between the actor and the audience. Film is a different sort of medium. It's not immediate, but in some ways it's more involving.
- Ask
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I'm not a Method actor - ask anybody.
- Performer
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I have written before, but I was primarily an actor and improvisational performer.
- Lived
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- Nov 07, 2020