"I tend to have an odd split in my mind: I tend to look at it as a writer and when the writing thing is OK and I'm happy with it, then I put on my actor's hat."

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"I tend to have an odd split in my mind: I tend to look at it as a writer and when the writing thing is OK and I'm happy with it, then I put on my actor's hat."

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"Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities."

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"I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor."

Richard Donner, American Director

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"I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors."

Mike Figgis, English Director

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"An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to do would be to try and play Shakespeare."

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"I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall."

Joseph Barbera, American Cartoonist

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"I talked to everyone about the project: actors and extras, members of the crew and passers by."

James D'arcy, British Actor

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"I'm an actor. It's my job."

Brittany Murphy, American Actress

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"You ask any actor - they'll tell you they'd rather shoot on location because you don't have to invent the energy, the energy is there."

Adrian Grenier, American Actor

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"Nowadays, in the contract that actors sign, you have to agree that you're going to do a certain amount of publicity-the hard part they don't pay you for."

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"It seems astounding to me now that the video games are perhaps as important as the movie themselves. And people will spend 2 or 3 years obsessing about the video game in exactly the same way that they'd be obsessing about the movie if they were working on that."

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"I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker, who was such a warm, friendly and encouraging presence to have when I started in television. He was also a great comic actor to learn from."

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"But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with."

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"I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires."

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"Sure I faced the troubles and challenges that most actors and actresses face until they get noticed, but I was always confident of myself and my capabilities."

"I was an actor... or, at least, I was trying to be an actor."

"I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors."

"An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to do would be to try and play Shakespeare."

"I've worked with wonderful actors like Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda."

"I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall."

"I talked to everyone about the project: actors and extras, members of the crew and passers by."

"I'm an actor. It's my job."

"You ask any actor - they'll tell you they'd rather shoot on location because you don't have to invent the energy, the energy is there."

"Nowadays, in the contract that actors sign, you have to agree that you're going to do a certain amount of publicity-the hard part they don't pay you for."

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"Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it."

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"Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me!"

"If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play."

"It seems astounding to me now that the video games are perhaps as important as the movie themselves. And people will spend 2 or 3 years obsessing about the video game in exactly the same way that they'd be obsessing about the movie if they were working on that."

"The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip."

"I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker, who was such a warm, friendly and encouraging presence to have when I started in television. He was also a great comic actor to learn from."

"But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with."

"I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires."