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"I pick up a lot of stuff from them, but I don't think there's any great trick to acting."
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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."
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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."
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"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."
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"For minority actors, developing our own projects has to be the eventual path. We have a lot of stories to tell and a really unique voice. But none of that is going to be heard as long as we're just the hired hands, acting."
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"I'm acting for the pleasure of it."
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"Acting classes, I guess, are good and I would like to maybe sometime take one. But I would feel like I was learning someone else's technique. I like mine."
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"You have to do real acting, not just do a voice."
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"It was always part of the plan to move into acting."
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"I decided I was going to give up singing and concentrate on acting, and a result of that, I didn't do another film for two to three years, and I don't blame it on anybody but myself."
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"Acting must be scaled down for the screen. A drawing room is a lot smaller than a theatre auditorium."
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"And if people come up and say they like the movies you're in, it's a great compliment."
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"People like to pigeonhole you."
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"Jet was very busy. I've been inspired by a lot of his movies."
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"It's street theater. You have to make it entertaining so people don't get bored and walk away."
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"Guy Ritchie, he thinks going to drama school is the worst thing in the world."
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"It's something I never dreamed I'd be doing, making movies."
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"I endured many weeks of it, but I had a big background in martial arts and fighting as a kid, so kind of all the problems got brushed away and I was ready."
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"My father used to run auctions. He's now a singer in the Canary Islands."
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"The fight training was very extensive, a lot of stretching, a lot of coordination of balance exercises."
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"I'm enthusiastic and ambitious, and I work hard."
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