6733 Actor Quotes for You to Enjoy

Actors can't retire. If actors retired, there would be nobody left to play old, wrinkly people. You have to keep going, darling - don't you? Charles Dance

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I was born a character actor. Charles Durning

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I enjoy comedic things. People don't understand it's the hardest thing to do. We have a ratio of 25-to-1 between good dramatic actors and people who are considered good comic actors. Charles Grodin

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In the theatre, the actor is given immediate feedback. Charles Keating

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It does make you a better director and a better actor. Charles Keating

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You know, working as an actor, I'm always working within my own imagination. Charles Keating

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I've always been slightly self-conscious as an actor, and I guess that sometimes reads as pomposity. Starting when I was 30, I somehow gave off an impression at an audition that had them mentally put me in a three-piece suit or put an attache case in my hand. If there was a stiff-guy part, the director would brighten up when I came in. Charles Kimbrough

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When you're starting out as an actor, you keep raising the stakes. First, you just want to be a character who comes on stage and gets a laugh or two and exits. Just five minutes on a stage, not even Broadway. But every time you say your little prayer at night, you place more demands. Charles Kimbrough

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I hope to see more programming, more shows, more actors of mixed ethnicity, more young kids of mixed ethnicity choosing to be in the entertainment industry. Charles Michael Davis

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I find the theatre faintly embarrassing for the actors performing on stage. It seems rather showy-off in an undignified way. Charles Saatchi

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Sometimes you think about the job that we, as actors, do. I take it very seriously, and I care very much about it, but I'm paid to make believe. When you're a kid, you go to your friend's house, and it's, 'Let's pretend we're both cowboys!' Without belittling it, that's basically what I do - I tell stories. Charlie Cox

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