"The worst acting is about imitation."

Acting, Imitation

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"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."

Orson Scott Card, American Writer

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"The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority."

Will Durant, American Historian

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"I don't get acting jobs because of my looks."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

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"I did a film once that I was killed in. It was a painful, horrifying day. It was a wonderful day from the standpoint of acting, but I was a wreck otherwise."

Leslie Easterbrook, American Actress

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"Acting is acting."

Brent Spiner, American Actor

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"At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I?"

Stephen Rea, Irish Actor

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"It's well done if you can do a part and not have the acting show."

Jimmy Stewart, American Actor

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"It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing their parts to some of his artists, but acting out the smallest details, and of how few they were who were responsive to his wishes."

Anton Seidl, Hungarian Celebrity

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"Very often the Group actor is a critic when he's acting and an actor when he's criticizing."

Elia Kazan, American Director

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"I'm enjoying it, but I still don't know why I'm hooked on acting."

Stephen Rea, Irish Actor

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"American shows don't always translate, but this one has and speaking for myself I'm quite glad for it."

American

"Acting is constant exploration."

Acting

"You know, dramas are much more expensive to do than say a comedy, so any kind of deficit like that is picked up on when it comes time for them to pick up new shows."

Time

"The real rub is finding that authentic self and it's not something that's going to come to you overnight."

Self

"It isn't always hard work that does the job."

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"It's exciting to think that something I'm involved in is touching so many people in so many cultures."

People

"Strive to be authentic all the time. That's sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting."

Life

"Well I think that the mind of a serial killer and the mind of the detectives represent the duality we face as people."

People

"Some of the best movies made about crime are those where the crime solver can get inside the head of the serial killer, and those are the techniques we use in C.S.I."

Movies

"I look forward to the end of all this money-making part of the career, to be truthful."

Money