"I feel a little guilty only being an actor."

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"I feel a little guilty only being an actor."

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"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."

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"I wanted to be a doctor when I was young. I also wanted to be a paramedic, but I always wanted to be an actor as well. I didn't have kids or something that I needed to provide for."

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"I like doing them and they're ridiculous and the actors can improvise a lot, and they don't have to be really realistic characters that hit a very specific tone as in a feature film. They're really fun, I want to make more of them definitely."

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"I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy."

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"The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards."

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"An actor has to embody a role."

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"I don't think actors get good training today. I put my training to use in everything I do."

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"I'm just back in line with every other actor looking for a job right now and keeping my fingers crossed."

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"Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up."

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"I think it's damaging to know too much about a person, about an actor."

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"Maybe subconsciously I've kept activism separate from acting because it's important to me in a more profound way."

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"I've always just adored music. It's my first love, really. I admire and respect people in the music business. You really have to work hard and diligently. Sometimes actors can be lazy and get away with it, but you can't do that if you're a musician."

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"I've kept my sanity in this business by trying out for a role and then going home and trying to forget about it."

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"You learn more discipline in the theatre than you do in movies or TV. You're on stage every night and you have to sustain your energy level tor several hours."

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"I try to avoid a specific image. I seek to play as many different women as I can to avoid having a label put on me."

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"It was in high school that I first became interested in acting. We put on lots of plays."

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"Onstage or in films, you do affect peoples' lives, and sometimes that's very gratifying. But still, there's this little voice that says you should be doing something that matters."

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"I've been very lucky. I wanted to be an actress, but I didn't really have the drive to sell myself. Fortunately I had a terrific agent in New York who kept me going from job to job."

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"I feel that its our children who do give us hope because they are the ones who are going to save the world."

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"I loved doing Shakespeare. My two favorite roles, in fact, have been Viola in Twelfth Night and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream."

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