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"It's an acting job - acting natural."
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"Acting with creatures that aren't there is kind like acting with an actor who refuses to come out of his trailer. You still have to go on and do the scene."
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"When I was first starting out, if you were acting on television, it was a real stigma."
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"We are always acting on what has just finished happening. It happened at least 1/30th of a second ago. We think we're in the present, but we aren't. The present we know is only a movie of the past."
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"The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime's so great as daring to excel."
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"I don't know what acting is, but I enjoy it."
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"Acting is invigorating. But I don't analyse it too much. It's like a dog smelling where it's going to do its toilet in the morning."
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"And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that."
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"I think, by and large, the level of acting is mediocre. When I go to the theatre, I get so angry. I don't go."
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"I think actors are privileged. Acting feeds you."
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"I love to be directed, and I can glean something from almost anyone."
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"To me, getting notes, honing the part, and refining the role is the real fun of the play."
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"Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting."
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"It's great that I don't have to apologize about being over 26."
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"I am heartbroken that this movie would cause anyone pain. It should be a source of joy. The story is a metaphor about how we try to stay in our own little bubbles, we don't let life in, we don't take the journey."
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"I'd love to do a musical. I have a little list of them in my head."
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"It's so funny whenever things come full circle."
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"The first thing I ask when I'm offered a part is, Who's the director? which is something they never understand in Los Angeles."
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"I keep both of my Tonys on my mantle. They're in front of a mirror so if you look at just the right angle, it looks like I have four!"
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"My heart was beating out of my chest."
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