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"Suddenly, I realised: this was what I wanted to do. I didn't know how to do it; I just knew acting felt right."
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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
"My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it."
"Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better."
"I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting."
"While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it."
"Other acting opportunities had come along, but nothing that was tantalizing enough to me to step away from what I found most interesting."
"Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there."
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"Some stars like to hide behind the whole idea of acting. But really good actors are not hiding at all. They're not afraid to be disliked, to be a little unsavoury."
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"I'm not looking at money, percentage points or grosses. This is my life, you know? To me, every day matters."
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"Suddenly, I realised: this was what I wanted to do. I didn't know how to do it; I just knew acting felt right."
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