"I really respond to diversity, a broader landscape, with actors of different ages and races and backgrounds."

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

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

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

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

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"It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor."

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"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."

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"I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor."

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Jim Jarmusch, American Director

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"I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy."

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"A totally healthy actor is a paradox."

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"I know that when I grew up I was pretty sheltered, and didn't come to understand much about the world until I was in my really late teens and early twenties, and that process continues."

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

"Nuclear apocalypse - who do you need? Actors are probably not top of the list. What can I do for you? I can pretend to be somebody who can grow you some nice crops."

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

"It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor."

"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."

"I wanted to be a doctor when I was young. I also wanted to be a paramedic, but I always wanted to be an actor as well. I didn't have kids or something that I needed to provide for."

"I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor."

"I like doing them and they're ridiculous and the actors can improvise a lot, and they don't have to be really realistic characters that hit a very specific tone as in a feature film. They're really fun, I want to make more of them definitely."

"I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy."

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"There was a time - before I made movies - when I was more forgiving, but now that I've learned as much as I have, I want to do movies that I want to see, that have their own unique flavor."

"I know that when I grew up I was pretty sheltered, and didn't come to understand much about the world until I was in my really late teens and early twenties, and that process continues."

"At 27, it's great to get to a place where I'm not an actor for hire anymore."

"I want to make movies that people talk about when they leave the theater, that aren't clear-cut, but effective and fulfilling in some sense."

"A film goes through so many hands, that by the time it's done, it might not resemble what you thought you were making."

"A lot of producers cookie cut movies one after another, but I'll be a little more careful, and have the opportunity to be, because I have the acting career to subsidize the producing."

"Tarantino's stuff in its inception was all about finding a way for him to break into Hollywood."