"Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage."

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"I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting."

Lord Byron, British Poet

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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

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"I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by."

Edie Falco, American Actress

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"I'm not as focused on my acting career as I have been in the past."

Harry Hamlin, American Actor

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"You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom."

Gary Sinise, American Actor

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"Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take."

Kathy Ireland, American Model

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"I think when you take away all, like, the premieres and press stuff and all the special effects, then you just come down to the fact that it's all about acting, and I think that has been the best bit for me."

Emma Watson, British Actress

Acting, Fact, Press

"I jumped into acting because it was fun. It was tougher when I had to take my fun seriously."

Chris Noth, American Actor

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"Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not."

Tea Leoni, American Actress

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"Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing."

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"The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams, the way the whites are taking care of the Indians: killing their dreams, their magic, their familiar spirits."

Dream

"Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo - and heterosexual experimental subjects have been conditioned to react sexually to an old boot, and you can save a lot of money that way."

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"Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole."

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"After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'"

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"You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal."

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"I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting."

"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."

"I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by."

"I'm not as focused on my acting career as I have been in the past."

"You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom."

"Because modeling is lucrative, I'm able to save up and be more particular about the acting roles I take."

"I think when you take away all, like, the premieres and press stuff and all the special effects, then you just come down to the fact that it's all about acting, and I think that has been the best bit for me."

"I jumped into acting because it was fun. It was tougher when I had to take my fun seriously."

"Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not."

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"Nothing is true, everything is permitted."

"Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?"

"Smash the control images. Smash the control machine."

"Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war."

"Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing."

"The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams, the way the whites are taking care of the Indians: killing their dreams, their magic, their familiar spirits."

"Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo - and heterosexual experimental subjects have been conditioned to react sexually to an old boot, and you can save a lot of money that way."

"Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole."

"After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'"

"You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal."