"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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"What we do as actors is we go through phases where you superficially learn all this information."

Cillian Murphy, Irish Actor

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"You know, for an actor to come into the midst of that, it's - It can either be difficult and somewhat unnerving, or it can be very embracing and like, kind of stepping into a nice hot tub."

Keith Carradine, American Actor

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"There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson."

John Schlesinger, British Director

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"As actors, we went where we wanted to, and the camera followed us: it was like having another person in the room. There was no formal structure to the process. It was very liberating."

Emily Watson, English Actress

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"I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors."

Mike Figgis, English Director

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"It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre."

Frances McDormand, American Actress

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"I think it's hard to know. Feeling fulfilled, because actors face periods of unemployment, there is nothing worse than being at the top of your game; you have so much to give but do not have the platform to do this."

Michael York, British Actor

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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 ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since."

Michael Ironside, Canadian Actor

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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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"My parents are Italian and British. They live in Berkeley now - we all moved there four years ago."

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"What we do as actors is we go through phases where you superficially learn all this information."

"You know, for an actor to come into the midst of that, it's - It can either be difficult and somewhat unnerving, or it can be very embracing and like, kind of stepping into a nice hot tub."

"There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson."

"As actors, we went where we wanted to, and the camera followed us: it was like having another person in the room. There was no formal structure to the process. It was very liberating."

"I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors."

"It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre."

"I think it's hard to know. Feeling fulfilled, because actors face periods of unemployment, there is nothing worse than being at the top of your game; you have so much to give but do not have the platform to do this."

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

"I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since."

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

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"Sometimes I miss the spirit of London, but it's a very gray place."

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

"The surest thing about me is that I will change my mind."

"The fact that people didn't know I was British did work for quite a while."

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

"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 truly ignorant about art before the film."

"I love accents."

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

"My parents are Italian and British. They live in Berkeley now - we all moved there four years ago."