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George Jean Nathan

"An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut."

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"Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor."

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"Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely."

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"Somewhere in talking and rehearsing, there is a magical moment where actors catch a current, they're on the right road. If they really catch it, then whatever they do from then on is correct and it all comes out of them from that point on."

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"Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it."

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"Most actors are insecure enough already without having a director who adds to that."

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"I think I am a much better actor than I have allowed myself to be."

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"We film in front of a live audience, and I was a theater actor before I got into television, so I like that."

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"I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack at doing that."

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"I think it's easy for directors to stay fresh more than actors, especially once an actor becomes a star. It's hard for Russell Crowe to walk down a street or take a subway. I can fly coach."

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"Whenever a man encounters a woman in a mood he doesn't understand, he wants to know if she's tired."
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"Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few."
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"To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the imagination."
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