"I am not a long-run actor. I admire actors who can do that."

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"I am not a long-run actor. I admire actors who can do that."

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"Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

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"Nuclear apocalypse - who do you need? Actors are probably not top of the list. What can I do for you? I can pretend to be somebody who can grow you some nice crops."

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"I think I am a much better actor than I have allowed myself to be."

Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian Writer

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"It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

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"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

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"I wanted to be a doctor when I was young. I also wanted to be a paramedic, but I always wanted to be an actor as well. I didn't have kids or something that I needed to provide for."

Christopher Parker, English Actor

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"I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor."

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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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"Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is."

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"In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator."

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"I'd forgotten I'd done the anime called Spirited Away, the English version of a Japanese film."

Language

"Very often, I don't make it through moments of recording because it is genuinely funny and absolutely ridiculous that a 60-year-old grown man is making these noises."

Funny

"We lament the speed of our society and the lack of depth and the nature of disposable information."

Nature

"What we have to get clear to kids is that when you offer your stillness and open yourself to the experience of music, it pays you back more than you give."

Experience

"When something really extreme happens, you have to find a way to embrace that and include it in how you think about the character. Sometimes it's not easy."

Character

"I will never master this craft. Orchestras are very, very forthcoming with me."

Orchestras

"Writing is hard work. Generating stories that catch people's attention and holding it are very difficult."

Work

"It's rare to be treated like a friend you haven't met in a Hollywood meeting."

Friendship

"You hear the same work by different orchestras, different conductors, violinists, pianists, singers, and slowly, the work reveals itself and begins to live deeper in you."

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"A lot affects the outcome. It boils down to scheduling and the commitment of the network."

Commitment