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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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"I know a lot of actors don't watch themselves on TV, but I think it's good to see how else you can improve."
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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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"If it's something that reaches out and grabs me, I want to do it. I have a lot of trouble doing things that don't grab me. So, I'm not a very good actor in that way. I can't fake it."
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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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"All of the generations go to what is chic for them, and theater seems to be an older generation's art form."
Art
"The staff, stage managers, ushers all behaved as if they respected the actors."
Actor
"We all need to go to good theater; that is what I believe will save it."
Theatre
"When I see what I want, I do it."
Want
"But today I felt different, today I forgot how long it takes to get into the skin of a character and I remembered it, because today I actually got into that skin and it felt so different."
Character
"People who call themselves actors and can't ever get work; they do need to get another profession."
Work
"I know people like spectacle, but I'm interested in moving people."
People
"I think in small towns like this one, whether you're a man or a woman, you basically do what there is to do."
Man
"There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors."
Acting
"You can't just trust to luck; you have to really listen to what that character is telling you."
Trust
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