"The first movie I appeared in was Carry On Cowboy, though not as an actor. I was just riding horses."

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"The first movie I appeared in was Carry On Cowboy, though not as an actor. I was just riding horses."

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"The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you."

Stephen Rea, Irish Actor

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"I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers, actors, singers, all good artists do the same. It isn't supposed to be easy."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

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"We want the best actor, and that's why Matt Damon worked so well in this role, because he's a great actor."

Bobby Farrelly, American Director

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"The only thing we don't do together is get in front of an actor and show any indecision at all about what we think. We don't always agree, so we meet privately, then one or the other will approach the actor."

Bobby Farrelly, American Director

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"I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor."

Richard Donner, American Director

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"For a child actor, it's a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared."

Jena Malone, American Actress

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"A lot of actors just do whatever they do, and wherever the camera is, it is. They don't pay much attention, but I always did. I was always very close to the camera crew. They were my best buddies, no matter what movie or show I was doing."

Donna Mills, American Actress

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"I'm a rapper trying to be an actor."

Method Man, American Musician

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"The thing about Canada is, you're not really considered a Canadian actor unless you do something with the CBC."

Lexa Doig, Canadian Actress

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"I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it."

Richard Gere, American Actor

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"Even though we know freedom as an idea we're not really as free as we think we are."

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"I'm one of those people who never really joined the grown-ups."

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"To play a role where you get to reveal intellectual change is wonderful."

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"I've never been driven by fame or money or anything like that. It's never been part of my psyche."

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"I'm not driven by money and I'm not driven by career."

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"The fact that someone came forward and offered $1.25 million to make a movie was astonishing. We were also allowed to keep many of the original stage cast."

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"The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you."

"I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers, actors, singers, all good artists do the same. It isn't supposed to be easy."

"We want the best actor, and that's why Matt Damon worked so well in this role, because he's a great actor."

"The only thing we don't do together is get in front of an actor and show any indecision at all about what we think. We don't always agree, so we meet privately, then one or the other will approach the actor."

"I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor."

"For a child actor, it's a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared."

"A lot of actors just do whatever they do, and wherever the camera is, it is. They don't pay much attention, but I always did. I was always very close to the camera crew. They were my best buddies, no matter what movie or show I was doing."

"I'm a rapper trying to be an actor."

"The thing about Canada is, you're not really considered a Canadian actor unless you do something with the CBC."

"I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it."

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"There's something about shadows because you make your own mind up about what's lurking in them."

"Even though we know freedom as an idea we're not really as free as we think we are."

"I'm one of those people who never really joined the grown-ups."

"To play a role where you get to reveal intellectual change is wonderful."

"I've never been driven by fame or money or anything like that. It's never been part of my psyche."

"I'm not driven by money and I'm not driven by career."

"The fact that someone came forward and offered $1.25 million to make a movie was astonishing. We were also allowed to keep many of the original stage cast."

"I absolutely adore working in the realms of fantasy."

"I've been cushioned against having to work, with Rocky's continual bounty."

"I am 58 and it's difficult for people to gauge my age."