"Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience."

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"Supporting characters add depth to a story, and great actors leave their imprint with the audience."

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"Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone."

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"When I'm on my deathbed, I'll hopefully be able to count more friends than parts that I had."

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"It changed my life in a lot of ways - before I got that role I was just going from job to job, not really having enough money to be able to do what I wanted to do."

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"Certainly, when I walk into an audition, a lot of people already know who I am."

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"I really enjoy the people. I find them to be better educated and wittier."

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"That's sort of what I like about this character is that he's not the good guy, he's not truly the bad guy."

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"I wanted more in depth ideas about the character and it never came."

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