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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
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Before I was an actor I was an apprentice jockey, and now I'm out there racing against boys, sort of the spokesperson for people over 50 that they can do it.
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Like so many of us, I'm brokenhearted about the death of the remarkably talented actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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I am not a long-run actor. I admire actors who can do that.
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I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again.
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For a two-hour movie on a 20-day shooting schedule, it's O.K. to have an actor who's a pain in the neck.
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My dad had been an actor... not only had my dad been an actor, but his dad had been an actor, and my great-grandfather had been an actor. And who knows before then?
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