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You have to pretend to live in those clothes that they lived in, to live within the climate that they had then. You have to imagine with the help, obviously, of all the other technicians that are around - the writer, the director, the other actors. Derek Jacobi

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Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I saw an actor in person, and I got so excited. My whole day changed. That's when I decided to challenge myself to make my dreams become a reality. Derek Luke

I want what's mine. I see other actors who are doing very interesting roles, and I just want to continue to do things that are interesting, and things that people will go see in theaters. Derek Luke

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As an actor, if you were to simplify what acting really is, it's about letting go. Derek Magyar

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I've been an actor since I was a kid. Derek Magyar

Kid Since Been Actor

There's lots of incredible roles out there that I'd love to tackle, but there's a select group of actors I find myself gravitating towards, like Philip Seymour Hoffman or Sean Penn or Daniel Day-Lewis - real transformational actors. Derek Magyar

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Like any art, what is the most imprisoning thing is also the most delivering thing. If an actor knows he only has 12 syllables in a line, the challenge is, 'How can I interpret the meaning and contain it without going one syllable over?' Derek Walcott

Even through my college years, I was trying out plays and shows, but I never really thought it made much sense to try to be an actor. I thought it was foolish, really. Dermot Mulroney

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Growing up, Paul Newman seemed like the ultimate manly actor. And then, I got to work with him and we became friends, so that was nice. Dermot Mulroney

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I was a film student. I became an actor, but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally. Dermot Mulroney

Thought Pursuing Student Became Originally Film Actor Filmmaking

Actors never retire, they just get less and less work. Desmond Llewelyn

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I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them. Devon Bostick

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I look for things that are going to challenge me as an actor. Devon Sawa

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As an actor, there's always that fear. You don't know where the next job's coming from, so you say, 'I'll do that, I'll do that, I'll do that'. Your choices are not always clearly thought out, and you can end up taking mis-steps. Dexter Fletcher

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It took me a long time to make that leap to being a grown-up and responsible adult because I carried on being a child actor into my late twenties. It's OK to be precocious when you're young, but when you're a man of about 27 or 28 and playing a 17-year-old in a TV show, it kind of prolongs your childhood. Dexter Fletcher

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If I was not an actor, I would have been working in a five star hotel as a chef. Dhanush

Would Hotel Chef Been Five Working Star Actor

I learned so much, and I feel I have grown as an actor and as a person. Dhanush

Feel Learned Person Much Grown Actor

Honestly, I actually would really love to see more musical theatre actors do the movie adaptations of shows - I think that would be really great to see. Diana DeGarmo

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Acting while I'm singing just kind of happened because I'm a hambone at heart, I guess. And I'm a Gemini - I've got several personalities to access as an actor. Diana DeGarmo

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I understand what it is that actors do. They embody someone that they aren't. Diana Gabaldon

Embody Someone Understand Actor

We have no companies now, not in the sense that I know, that nurture actors. It's very depressing that, given the money they get, the companies today don't number up in my estimation. They should be bringing on young talent, and they don't. Diana Rigg

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