"As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams."

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"As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams."

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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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"I don't think I would be an actor if I was that intelligent."

Peter Boyle, American Actor

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"I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall."

Joseph Barbera, American Cartoonist

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"A lot of actors don't like to see how they've done every day."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

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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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"Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor."

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"An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening."

Boy George, English Musician

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"Every actor I think has got their own number of takes that they like, you know. Some actors like to go all day, you know on the one scene and some actors want to take two takes. I personally like four."

Robert Carlyle, Scottish Director

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"Being unemployed is not good for an actor. No, it isn't, no matter how unsuccessful you are. Because you always remember getting fired from all the restaurants. You remember that stuff very, very strongly."

Philip Seymour Hoffman, American Actor

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"I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits."

Dustin Hoffman, American Actor

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"As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams."

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"One of the remarkable things about my career is that it has been marked by steady, incremental progress. No sudden spikes up, and no sudden downfalls, either."

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"The one thing I could do was voices and impersonations and weird characters, and there was really no call for that, except on Saturday Night Live."

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"I've succeeded beyond my wildest dreams - financially and the amount of fun I have in my life."

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"I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice."

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

"I don't think I would be an actor if I was that intelligent."

"I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall."

"A lot of actors don't like to see how they've done every day."

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

"Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor."

"An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening."

"Every actor I think has got their own number of takes that they like, you know. Some actors like to go all day, you know on the one scene and some actors want to take two takes. I personally like four."

"Being unemployed is not good for an actor. No, it isn't, no matter how unsuccessful you are. Because you always remember getting fired from all the restaurants. You remember that stuff very, very strongly."

"I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits."

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"As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams."

"Even at Westchester High in West LA, I was class clown."

"I was 36, and I had decided to quit acting because it was so disappointing."

"I found the writing arena to be much less competitive."

"One of the remarkable things about my career is that it has been marked by steady, incremental progress. No sudden spikes up, and no sudden downfalls, either."

"The one thing I could do was voices and impersonations and weird characters, and there was really no call for that, except on Saturday Night Live."

"I've succeeded beyond my wildest dreams - financially and the amount of fun I have in my life."

"I could do John Wayne, Jack Benny, Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and entertain my friends. But I never seriously considered it as a career choice."