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

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Taylor Hackford
"I make films about working class people."

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Taylor Hackford
"And it's a question of how far we're willing to go in order to let the ego shine, in order to let that beacon penetrate not only the local scene but the world."

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Taylor Hackford
"My creative partner is a writer, and he's got an executive producing credit on this film. We've made three films together and I would never underestimate the impact of a writer."

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Taylor Hackford
"I try to get the best performance an actor can give."

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Taylor Hackford
"I feel very comfortable shooting music, and I think you can see that."

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Taylor Hackford
"It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines."

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Taylor Hackford
"Music has always been an important thing to me in my life and understand I've worked in the music business."

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Taylor Hackford
"It's much easier to work with an unknown."

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