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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."
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"Actors are good liars; writers are good liars with good memories."
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"There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me."
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"In motion pictures, the actor rules. The camera served the actor."
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"I've worked with Steven Spielberg three times. I'm proud to say that I'm one of those actors that continues to get hired by the same directors."
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"My cameraman and I devised a method, which we started using from my second film, which applies mainly to day scenes shot in the studio, where we used bounced light instead of direct light. We agreed with this thing of four or five shadows following the actors is dreadful."
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"I think I am a much better actor than I have allowed myself to be."
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"I grind my teeth and keep my thumbs in so tight that I've dislocated them, just not to scream. Sometimes as an actor one is lucky enough to be asked to scream."
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"I was fortunate as a young actor, to go straight to the RSC, where I learned that being an actor can bring with it wonderful responsibilities."
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Explore more quotes by Eric Bogosian

"Well, the real Eric Bogosian is pretty self-conscious of himself."
Pretty

"Ensemble is hard to do. It's like 3-D chess."
Chess

"I'm always surprised by things that happen to my work."
Work

"The world intrudes in my brain daily. Since my brain is dripping with all kinds of stuff that's out there in the world, that I can't seem to be able to shut out, it has to end up being in my work as well."
Work

"I'm not a light-hearted person, so I can't think light-hearted at work."
Work

"I write my plays to create an excuse for full-tilt acting and performing."
Acting

"For a long time, my shows were about people walking out or about getting my gigs canceled or having the presenter not wanting to pay me."
Time

"I write for an audience that likes what I like, reads what I read, thinks about the things I think about. In many ways, this puts me in opposition to the people who go to the theater generally."
People

"I started acting when I was in high school, started writing when I got to New York in 1975."
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"If we all knew we were going to live to be 150 years old, we'd all approach our lives very differently."
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