"I look at smoking as a crutch, and as an actor I would like strip away as many crutches as possible."

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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."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

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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."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

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

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

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"If you're going to be that kind of actor and go way out there, it's really important to take care of yourself and have a safe place, whatever that is."

Annabella Sciorra, American Actress

Actor, Care

"A reporter discovers, in the course of many years of interviewing celebrities, that most actors are more attractive behind a spotlight than over a spot of tea."

Phyllis Battelle, American Journalist

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"But I would like to think that it's the actor that makes the difference in these cases. Not the director, not the guy that wrote the book, not the guy that adapted it for the screen, but the actor."

Ray Walston, American Actor

Actor, Difference

"You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range of the actor and, if necessary, alter the part to suit the actor."

John Boorman, British Director

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"As an actor, I've grown considerably. It's taken me years to get comfortable doing a romantic scene and dancing on stage in front of a live audience. I've really opened up a lot."

Sanjay Dutt, Indian Actor

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"James Ivory comes close to the actors for the first rehearsal. He more or less lets you direct yourself and then will only correct you if he finds it incorrect."

Leslie Caron, French Actress

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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."

"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."

"If you're going to be that kind of actor and go way out there, it's really important to take care of yourself and have a safe place, whatever that is."

"A reporter discovers, in the course of many years of interviewing celebrities, that most actors are more attractive behind a spotlight than over a spot of tea."

"But I would like to think that it's the actor that makes the difference in these cases. Not the director, not the guy that wrote the book, not the guy that adapted it for the screen, but the actor."

"You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range of the actor and, if necessary, alter the part to suit the actor."

"As an actor, I've grown considerably. It's taken me years to get comfortable doing a romantic scene and dancing on stage in front of a live audience. I've really opened up a lot."

"James Ivory comes close to the actors for the first rehearsal. He more or less lets you direct yourself and then will only correct you if he finds it incorrect."

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"The last three films I've done are about self-immolation."

"After I saw the first thing I ever did, I got a migraine."

"When you work with Sir Anthony there are days when he will do a lot of takes if he's really enjoying a scene."

"I was always ready to leave England for some absurd reason."

"When I was younger, I think I intimidated people much more because I was far more insecure."

"I've just got a new house in Pacific Palisades. It's really cute."

"I went to a private arts school. We had to wear cloaks."

"There's a higher form of happiness in commitment. I'm counting on it."

"Armani's clothes are beautiful and modern and I love him."

"But Basquiat is the first thing I've done that I'm really proud of."