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Steve Martin is a legendary actor and a wonderful person to work with. He's incredibly well prepared, and funny off the set. David Frankel

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I'd like to be that chameleon. That's really ultimately what I want to hear from people eventually: 'I really love when I see him in stuff, but I never know he's gonna be here.' I want to be that actor that surprises you when you see him in a project, and you go, 'Yes! I love that guy. He's in this? Awesome.' David Gallagher

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At the end of the day, my biggest fear in life is that I'm gonna wind up being an actor who plays the dad on a TV show like 'Full House' or 'Small Wonder' or something - I'm, like, the desexualized dad in the show 'Alf.' David Harbour

The one thing I can say about the 'Stranger Things' cast that I don't often feel when I do television and movies is that every single actor on that show that I've interacted with is a good-hearted person. David Harbour

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You don't just win an Oscar because you're a great actor. You campaign for that Oscar: you engage with it; you go on the David Letterman show, and you do the interviews, and that's how you get out there. David Harewood

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Growing up, I really looked up to the classic Hollywood actors like Spencer Tracy, Robert Mitchum, and Peter Falk. I love character actors - I've never wanted to be the leading guy. David Harewood

'12 Angry Men' has a truly great collection of actors giving fantastic performances. It's an acting masterclass. David Harewood

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I was lucky to get into drama school and become a professional actor. No-one ever mentioned the colour of my skin. It's only when I came out of RADA - the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art - that I suddenly realised people started to refer to me as a black actor. David Harewood

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Knowing what thought process goes into constructing a line helps an actor know how to deliver that line because you understand the intention behind the writing. David Henrie

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There was all this talk when Obama got elected about how we were living in a postracial world. But we're not. Until we get to the point where James Earl Jones can play, say, George Washington, race matters. You wouldn't put a white actor in blackface to play Othello. You shouldn't have a white actor in what amounts to yellowface to play Asian. David Henry Hwang

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'I Was There Too' talks to people who played non-starring roles in big movies. That means the likes of comedian Jimmy Pardo, who didn't make it to the finished 'Dreamgirls.' Still, he recalls that when an actor is put on hold for a movie, he gets paid for two weeks just for sitting at home waiting to be called. David Hepworth

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I'm not a crisis actor. David Hogg

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I needed to be an actor more than anything. David Jason

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I was 25 when I'd told my parents that I was giving up steady work as an electrician to become an actor. They couldn't have been less enthusiastic if I'd proposed starting a commercial newt-breeding operation in the bathroom. David Jason

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I'm an actor, and so of course I want to see TV companies making good dramas. I want that to be a priority. David Jason

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One of the reasons that I needed to become an actor was that I didn't have any self-confidence. David Jason

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Some actors retire, and some don't. David Jason

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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. David L. Wolper

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When Ralph Lauren creates a collection of clothes, he's not really worried about a single tie or a single shirt or a single belt... he's creating a movie, and the characters that he casts in his advertisements or the people that work in the stores are the actors in his life. David Lauren

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While filming 'The Matrix,' we studied how a Chinese fight-choreography team trains actors before production starts so that they can participate in action sequences in a more dynamic way. David Leitch

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As a stunt guy, you become a mini-director. You're talking to actors about performance. David Leitch

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Great actors can transform, but sometimes there's just this person who speaks right to the role. When they walk in the room, you know they're that character. That is something you can't teach an actor; that's something that's luck and chance. David Leitch

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Some actors have an affinity for dance, and they should explore it, train in it, and get good. David Leitch

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