"I dropped the script in the fireplace, called my agent and said, they can jail me, sue me, but I'm never acting again, unless I can do something worthwhile."

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"I dropped the script in the fireplace, called my agent and said, they can jail me, sue me, but I'm never acting again, unless I can do something worthwhile."

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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Acting, Man

"My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

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"I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Acting, Day

"Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

Acting, Actor, Understanding

"I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting."

Lord Byron, British Poet

Acting, Sensuality

"While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it."

Dinah Sheridan, English Actress

Acting, Film

"Other acting opportunities had come along, but nothing that was tantalizing enough to me to step away from what I found most interesting."

Fred Savage, American Actor

Acting, Nothing

"I still have the desire to do the job of acting. It's just a matter of whether I'll be allowed to do the job of acting that remains to be seen. There are only so many brick walls that I'm willing to beat my head on."

Gary Coleman, American Actor

Acting, Desire, Job

"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

Acting, Being

"You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity."

Denzel Washington, American Actor

Acting, Being, Celebrity, Favorite

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"Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it."

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"It took a long time, but I have learned that you just can't take anything you want out of life without putting something back in exchange."

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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

"My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it."

"I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely."

"Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better."

"I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting."

"While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it."

"Other acting opportunities had come along, but nothing that was tantalizing enough to me to step away from what I found most interesting."

"I still have the desire to do the job of acting. It's just a matter of whether I'll be allowed to do the job of acting that remains to be seen. There are only so many brick walls that I'm willing to beat my head on."

"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there."

"You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity."

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"I never forget, remember that. Not an action, not a name, not a face."

"I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff."

"Back then, everyone was Lana and Rock. No one had ethnic names."

"The fact is, I never wanted to be a movie star."

"I've always felt robbed of something by people not knowing I was a Jew."

"And even then when you take it, you've got to take it with your whole heart."

"I'm one of those people who has always been a bridesmaid."

"One thing is certain. The old Piper Laurie is no more."

"Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it."

"It took a long time, but I have learned that you just can't take anything you want out of life without putting something back in exchange."