"The basic essential of a great actor is that he loves himself in acting."

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"Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

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"Forget acting. It's all about rock 'n' roll."

Brendan Fraser, American Actor

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"My acting career helped pull me through the rough times."

Shirley Knight, American Actress

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"Nobody is more truthful when he's acting than De Niro."

Billy Crystal, American Comedian

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"Depending on what your interest in theater is, I always recommend working on plays. It's a great way to be introduced to the field, and also a great way to be seen by agents and representation. I'm also a great advocate for studying acting at a drama school or a college."

Chiwetel Ejiofor, British Actor

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"Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so - I felt that it would be daft to go to one's grave without having directed. It's a natural extension of writing and acting, and so I knew it would happen one day."

Stephen Fry, British Comedian

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"When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that."

James Dean, American Actor

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"But you're right, I did think about acting more and then decided against it."

Todd Solondz, American Writer

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"And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your input - in the editing, in the production of it, in the rewriting of it and so on."

Paul Reiser, American Comedian

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"Still, it's tough trying to combine my acting career with my college career."

Beverley Mitchell, American Actress

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"Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking."

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"The source of one's joy is also often the source of one's sorrow."

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"There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive."

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"It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own."

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"Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better."

"Forget acting. It's all about rock 'n' roll."

"My acting career helped pull me through the rough times."

"Nobody is more truthful when he's acting than De Niro."

"Depending on what your interest in theater is, I always recommend working on plays. It's a great way to be introduced to the field, and also a great way to be seen by agents and representation. I'm also a great advocate for studying acting at a drama school or a college."

"Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so - I felt that it would be daft to go to one's grave without having directed. It's a natural extension of writing and acting, and so I knew it would happen one day."

"When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that."

"But you're right, I did think about acting more and then decided against it."

"And after you've done the acting, there's a lot of places you can put your input - in the editing, in the production of it, in the rewriting of it and so on."

"Still, it's tough trying to combine my acting career with my college career."

Explore more quotes by Jessamyn West

"Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract."

"Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking."

"The source of one's joy is also often the source of one's sorrow."

"There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive."

"It is very east to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own."

"We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint?"

"Groan and forget it."

"If you want a baby, have a new one. Don't baby the old one."

"Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary."

"Justice is a terrible but necessary thing."