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"I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body."
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"What we do as actors is we go through phases where you superficially learn all this information."
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"You know, for an actor to come into the midst of that, it's - It can either be difficult and somewhat unnerving, or it can be very embracing and like, kind of stepping into a nice hot tub."
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"There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson."
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"I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body."
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"As actors, we went where we wanted to, and the camera followed us: it was like having another person in the room. There was no formal structure to the process. It was very liberating."
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"I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors."
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"There's a real separation between actors and all the other functions of Hollywood. If you're an actor you're somehow not a member of the crew. You're somehow more special. I hate that."
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"Eisenhower had about the most expressive face I ever painted, I guess. Just like an actor's. Very mobile. When he talked, he used all the facial muscles. And he had a great, wide mouth that I liked. When he smiled, it was just like the sun came out."
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"It's a scary thing going into the workforce with a $50,000 debt and you've been trained as a classical theatre actor. There's always a depression in the theatre."
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"A lot of actors don't like to see how they've done every day."
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"I'm becoming a frustrated director, I think, in an actor's body."
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"I'll never forget anything about Middle Earth. That's part of my memory now so I won't miss anything."
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"Some people would say I've made it now."
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"Well you just have to own it, I suppose. Own the character, which is difficult."
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"I think you have to find the humanity in the character and then the deterioration is a part of the process - the journey of the character. It's like playing King Lear. You can start off as a nice old man who finishes up crazy."
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