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Taylor Hackford

"An actor has to embody a role."

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Donna Grant

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

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Donna Grant

"I decided to become an actor because I was failing in school and I needed the credits."

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Donna Grant

"We have the best driver in the world in drifting and best guy in rally racing and stuff like that. So obviously there's a lot of stuff that I didn't do, but there's a lot of really incredible things that I don't think we've ever seen an actor do."

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Donna Grant

"An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox."

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Donna Grant

"As a child I wanted to be everything from a doctor, lawyer, flight attendant to an IT pro- fessional and could never make up my mind. I figured as an actor I'd get to play all these professions."

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Donna Grant

"It is better for me to serve a charity as an actor or a voice, rather than at a luncheon being just a celebrity."

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Donna Grant

"I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans."

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Donna Grant

"I criticize those critics. The reason being that they're doing one of the worst things that ever can be done to an actor, which is to say, Look, you do what we like you to do or else."

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Donna Grant

"For hundreds of years, that was the major form of entertainment: The grown-ups sat around and watched the kids play. Now they sit around and watch the television. The actors are the kids."

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Donna Grant

"Last summer a second unit production crew went to France and shot scenes for several of this season's episodes. They shot costumed actors in and around real castles and landmarks, we couldn't possibly have duplicated here in Hollywood."

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Taylor Hackford
"Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society."

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Taylor Hackford
"If people are worried about the size of their trailers, I kind of say their priorities are off."

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Taylor Hackford
"Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance."

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Taylor Hackford
"Well I don't think I've scored my life exclusively to Ray Charles."

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Taylor Hackford
"But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films."

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Taylor Hackford
"But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented."

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Taylor Hackford
"This devil loves mankind because men are going to always make the choice that will send him into ascendancy. He's been winning the game for a long time."

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Taylor Hackford
"The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them."

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Taylor Hackford
"It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego."

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Taylor Hackford
"An actor has to embody a role."

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