"Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get."

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"Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get."

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"I like doing them and they're ridiculous and the actors can improvise a lot, and they don't have to be really realistic characters that hit a very specific tone as in a feature film. They're really fun, I want to make more of them definitely."

Jim Jarmusch, American Director

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"The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you."

Stephen Rea, Irish Actor

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"I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers, actors, singers, all good artists do the same. It isn't supposed to be easy."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

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"We want the best actor, and that's why Matt Damon worked so well in this role, because he's a great actor."

Bobby Farrelly, American Director

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"The only thing we don't do together is get in front of an actor and show any indecision at all about what we think. We don't always agree, so we meet privately, then one or the other will approach the actor."

Bobby Farrelly, American Director

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"In discussing the process with the actors, I made it clear to them that they could improvise but that the sum total of their improvisation needed to impart certain plot points, and schematic material."

Mike Figgis, English Director

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"I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor."

Richard Donner, American Director

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"For a child actor, it's a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared."

Jena Malone, American Actress

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"A lot of actors just do whatever they do, and wherever the camera is, it is. They don't pay much attention, but I always did. I was always very close to the camera crew. They were my best buddies, no matter what movie or show I was doing."

Donna Mills, American Actress

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"Most actors are insecure enough already without having a director who adds to that."

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"Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I'd start writing poems about suicide."

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"In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right."

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"It's a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways so I've never had any trouble identifying with the character that I'm playing."

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"We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We're in a race against time, until we run out of money."

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"The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead."

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"Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And what is a younger woman? I mean, I'm pretty old. Almost everyone is younger."

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