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Behind the footlights there is always the applause, which stimulates the actors. On the screen it is a different matter. Ivor Novello

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I thought, 'Oh, this is great,' because maybe someone who does look like me will watch 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' and realize that they can be an actor if they want to be, or they can be a superhero. They can have a hero that looks like them as well. J. August Richards

I love creating characters that people may or may have not ever seen before. But I enjoy the opportunity to try to make something new, and that's when I really come alive as an actor, so I really enjoyed working on 'Arrow.' J. August Richards

I feel that, as an actor, you're constantly working to become better, which I love, but with painting, I can fail on my own terms. There's a freedom in that, so that's why I love to paint. J. August Richards

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I tell people all the time, as I was going through my process of being a comedian or being an actor and a writer at 'SNL,' I tell people that everything you do is all a piece of your puzzle to determine where you're going to end up at. J. B. Smoove

I take for granted that for the imaginative writer, the exercise of the imagination is part of the basic process of coping with reality, just as actors need to act all the time to make up for some deficiency in their sense of themselves. J. G. Ballard

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I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think. J. J. Abrams

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I would like to find, or I would like a part to come to me that is like the part that Dennis Franz was fortunate to be able to play on 'NYPD Blue,' a sort of similar-looking actor to me, a generic, bald white guy who you would often think of as playing the authority figure. But he was the disgruntled middle-man. That would be a fun character. J. K. Simmons

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I had many, many mentors that I worked with. Music teachers, choir directors, directors in summer stock or in regional theater. You know, people I was able to work with repeatedly and learn from who were really sort of appropriate people for me to work with at a given time in my development as an actor. J. K. Simmons

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Everybody does their homework, and we all come together and just knock it out. There are adjustments to make, and if you have actors who are collaborators and who really know how to listen and be in the scene together, than it works out beautifully. J. K. Simmons

Actors need to learn when their character is front and center and when it's more in the background. J. Smith-Cameron

Character Background More Learn Front Center Actor Need

During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks. Jack Davenport

Remember Kind Around Sticks Were Surrounded Childhood Fun Actor

What you look like, whether you're Brad Pitt or Charles Laughton, is significant for actors. Jack Davenport

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We don't ask the actor playing James Bond what his sexual preference is. So I don't know what it is, really, with trying to out actors who portray gay characters on television. But it is some sort of fascination in society. Jack Falahee

What goes on between the actor and director is sacred. Jack Kilmer

Director Sacred Between Goes Actor

Nobody deserves this much money - certainly not an actor. Jack Lemmon

Money Nobody Much Certainly Actor Deserves

I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of the best damn actors we'll ever see. Jack Lemmon

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When I come up against a director who has a concept that I don't agree with, or maybe I just haven't thought of it or whatever, I'd be more prone to go with them than my own because I want to be out of control as an actor, I want them to have the control, otherwise it's going to become predictably my work, and that's not fun. Jack Nicholson

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Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get. Jack Nicholson

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