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American actors are very different to British actors who have generally studied and been brought up culturally with the sense that the writer is the star and that their job is to serve the writing. Whereas Hollywood actors are brought up to believe that the actor is the star, and everything and everybody is in the service of them. Joe Wright

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As an actor, I'm constantly striving to find the darkness in the lighter characters and the lightness in the darker characters. Joel Edgerton

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There's the pressure of being a No. 1 on the call sheet, being a lead actor. There's almost this feeling like being captain of the team. You want to put a bit of energy into actually setting a good example. Joel Edgerton

One of the great joys of being able to write something you can make, if you get certain actors you want and love, you're kind of buying yourself a front row seat to watch them work. Joel Edgerton

Sometimes I think being an actor is like being a dog for a director; it's like they throw a stick, and you want to fetch it and bring it back to them. You want a pat on the head for it. Joel Edgerton

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I know every actor says this, but the people behind the camera are great. They always have answers. Joel Gretsch

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I think there is a lot of loss in being a professional child actor. All of a sudden, you start to want to be an adult at the age of 8 or 9. I never did kid stuff, so to speak, so I was in many ways ostracized by the other kids. But I did get this other life, so it was a trade-off. Joel Grey

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I'm not a method actor per se, but if I'm playing a character that, at its core of its persona, has experiences I don't have, I try to search out and get firsthand experiences of similar sorts so I have something to fantasize about. Joel Kinnaman

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What I enjoy most with acting is when it's a good scene with one or two other actors, and you feel a strong connection, and you don't know how you're going to respond, and everybody is listening to each other and getting affected by each other, and even though you've rehearsed it many times, it feels like it's happening right now. Joel Kinnaman

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I have no regrets, except perhaps one: I should have tried harder to be a better actor. Joel McCrea

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I never pretended to be a great actor. Joel McCrea

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It's important to have the right agent - people that are working hard for you. But an actor needs to be in control of their career no matter how good the representation is. Joel McHale

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Samuel L. Jackson is one of the best actors there is. Joel Siegel

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You know for years before the notion of sequels, actors were the franchise. John Wayne would rarely do sequels, but he kind of played the same guy with a different name in every movie. I have no problem with using actors as franchises. And that's what is fun to do. Joel Silver

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Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors. Johann Georg Zimmermann

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I don't call myself an actor, I call myself an entertainer, because I don't just do one thing. John Barrowman

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I'm learning to cope and not deny my own success, but I still think it's not happening a lot. I get nervous, and I am capable of doing something to blow it on purpose. A lot of actors have that problem. John Belushi

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