- Process
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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
- Experience
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As an actor, I was often shielded from the big-picture decisions. But as a producer, I experience all the conversations where there's pushback or a difference of opinion.
- Learn
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can learn a lot from somebody's video bio: if you're not going to gel with the actor or a crew.
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I always wanted to be an actor.
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I'm a very physical actor.
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I'm an actor.
- Personal
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The actor has a constant problem of personal identity.
- Different
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I'm a character actor but unlike a lot of character actors, I don't look radically different from film to film and there was a bunch of them at once.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
For an actor to have a role that they're recognized and remembered for over the years, it's unusual. It's very lucky if it happens once - and it's luck that it's happened to me a couple of times.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never wanted to be an actor until about three years ago when I realised it was what I liked doing.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
An actor remembers his first piece of published praise. It is written on his heart.
- Plan
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- Nov 07, 2020