Actor Quotes

I suppose it's whether you want to be a famous person, or whether you want to be an actor. You have to decide what your priorities are. Great actor, huge star. Sometimes, the two walk hand in hand. Most of the time, they don't. Anne-Marie Duff
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I've been shocked by film actors - 25 and under - having such confidence and cockiness to rewrite a scene. My background is more about the director being in control. It's all about yielding. It's an oddly submissive relationship in which you're moulded, Pygmalion-style. Anne-Marie Duff
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You can't worry too much about profile; otherwise, you become a different kind of actor, and that's not the kind of actor I want to be. Anne-Marie Duff
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In theatre, there's the director, the writer, and below them the actor. In film, it's the actors who are most important. That goes against the grain for me. Anne-Marie Duff
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I try not to date where I work. It makes life easier. I don't say no to anybody because I'd hope that people wouldn't say no to me just because I'm an actor - but they'd have to be pretty extraordinary. Anne Hathaway
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My whole M.O. in my 20s was being in as many different types of films as you can. Working with as many different types of directors as you can. I think, in part, that's what I wanted to do as an actor. Anne Hathaway
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Actors should be timeless and impersonal. Anne Parillaud
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You have to get it in your brain that you don't belong to yourself as an actor, but that you belong to the director who creates the character. Anne Parillaud
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It's hard to make a living in this business. Unions aren't as strong as they used to be. For a journeyman actor - someone who doesn't have a famous name but has consistent work in theater or film or TV - it has become harder to get through, harder to raise a family. Annette Bening
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It's easier to see in someone else, another actor, how they kind of disappear and then this other persona appears. A great actor is a thing of mystery. Annette Bening
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I think when you're at your best as an actor, it is cathartic. Annette Bening
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Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara are two of my favorite actors. Annie Murphy
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When I started out in the industry, I felt the need to say 'yes' to everything. You wanted to be an actor, so you took acting jobs. Annie Murphy
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Most actors nowadays are models turned actors. That's why a lot of young actors are terrible. You have to learn how to act. It is not something that you can just do. Ansel Elgort
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I don't just act, and that's really important to me. I don't want to just be an actor forever. Ansel Elgort
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I want to play everything. I want to be like Christian Bale: I want to be able to be Batman and then, like, his character in 'The Fighter.' That is what is so impressive about really good actors, that they can be character actors and leading men at the same time. Ansel Elgort
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Things are changing. I've been training since I was 9 years old to stretch my wings as an actor dramatically, but have never really been afforded the opportunity to show that. Anthony Anderson
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I've worked with some actors who can't act. Anthony Anderson
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Some of these guys... I've worked with Ice Cube, I think he's an immensely talented rapper and actor. Anthony Anderson
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Actors I admire? Ed Harris, or course, I think he's terrific; because I know he always had to fight being what he looked like a lot, but I think he's a terrific actor. Anthony Hopkins
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I think all those actors from that generation, like Bogart - they were wonderful actors. They didn't act. They just came on and they did it, and the characters were wonderful. Anthony Hopkins
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Oh yes. I'm an actor, so I just learn my lines, and show up and do it. I gave it a little bit of thought. Anthony Hopkins
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I think the first British actor who really worked well in cinema was Albert Finney. He was a back-street Marlon Brando. He brought a great wittiness and power to the screen. The best actor we've had. Anthony Hopkins
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If I spent all my time criticising myself, I wouldn't be able to function. There are actors who theorise till the cows come home. I haven't the patience for them. It's maybe shallow, but that's why I'll never be part of the acting set. Anthony Hopkins
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