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Mary Mastrantonio

"As a measure of acting skills, film can be very deceptive."

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Donna Grant

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

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Donna Grant

"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."

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Donna Grant

"For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting."

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Donna Grant

"I'm acting for the pleasure of it."

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Donna Grant

"Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else's technique. I like mine."

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Donna Grant

"It's interesting to play a role where you don't really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you're not acting."

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Donna Grant

"With Sean Penn, he wants to be surprised. He doesn't necessarily want what he's written, although we'll do what he's written. He likes the danger of acting."

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Donna Grant

"I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation."

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Donna Grant

"Acting is a win-win situation. There is no risk involved. That's why I get tired of hearing actors who try to make out that there's a downside to it. Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad."

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Donna Grant

"Acting is like roller skating. Once you know how to do it, it is neither stimulating nor exciting."

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Mary Mastrantonio
"I used to go home at night and just shake, because I had no idea that's what acting was gonna be."

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Mary Mastrantonio
"I hate it when people say, Mary Elizabeth, this may be hell, but the movie is going to be sooo good."

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"I do need to be told when I'm going wrong. No one's acting can be an exact, 100 percent science."

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"Suddenly, I realised: this was what I wanted to do. I didn't know how to do it; I just knew acting felt right."

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Mary Mastrantonio
"I've worked with leading men so worried about losing their charm that they were always winking to the audience."

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Mary Mastrantonio
"Some stars like to hide behind the whole idea of acting. But really good actors are not hiding at all. They're not afraid to be disliked, to be a little unsavoury."

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Mary Mastrantonio
"As a measure of acting skills, film can be very deceptive."

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Mary Mastrantonio
"Hollywood is run by men who are big on vulnerability."

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Mary Mastrantonio
"I'm not looking at money, percentage points or grosses. This is my life, you know? To me, every day matters."

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Mary Mastrantonio
"Domesticity has to mean nesting. Otherwise, six months go by, and you don't know where your underwear is."

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