"When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that."

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"When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that."

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

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

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"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."

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"I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by."

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"You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom."

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"I think when you take away all, like, the premieres and press stuff and all the special effects, then you just come down to the fact that it's all about acting, and I think that has been the best bit for me."

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"I jumped into acting because it was fun. It was tougher when I had to take my fun seriously."

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"The only greatness for man is immortality."

Greatness

"To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves."

People

"Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done."

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"To my way of thinking, an actor's course is set even before he's out of the cradle."

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"Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated."

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"I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed."

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"To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication."

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"An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet."

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"Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn't hiss or boo me."

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"There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning."

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