"I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation."

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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

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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

Acting, Writing

"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."

John Boorman, British Director

Acting, Actors, Being

"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."

Jimmy Smits, American Actor

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"I'm acting for the pleasure of it."

David Morse, American Actor

Acting, Pleasure

"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."

Frankie Muniz, American Actor

Acting, Learning

"You have to do real acting, not just do a voice."

Harry Shearer, American Actor

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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."

Bobby Darin, American Musician

Acting, Blame, Film, Result

"It's not subtle or restrained. It's not any of the things you like to think apply to your acting."

Margaret Hamilton, American Actress

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"It's interesting to play a role where you don't really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you're not acting."

Michael C. Hall, American Actor

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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

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

"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."

"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."

"I'm acting for the pleasure of it."

"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."

"You have to do real acting, not just do a voice."

"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."

"It's not subtle or restrained. It's not any of the things you like to think apply to your acting."

"It's interesting to play a role where you don't really have to preoccupy yourself with any need to convince yourself that you're not acting."

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"I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own."

"I never storyboard. I hate it. I don't understand why so many directors want to make comic strips of their films."

"I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation."

"My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience."

"You can work, shop, do everything from home, and I find this unsettling."

"Married people from my generation are like an endangered species!"

"If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director."

"Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin."

"I've always done 20 things at once. It's my way of staying alive, not to keep one dish cooking, but several dishes going. And I'm pretty organized."

"You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people."